TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1965. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Engraulis mordax 618 



2 Triphoturus mexicanus 4 94 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 436 



4 Sebastes spp. 387 



5 Citharichthys spp. 342 



6 Disintegrated fish larva 319 



7 Leuroglossus stilbius 300 



8 Merluccius productus 29 



9 Cyclothone spp. 26 5 

 10 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 263 

 10 Unidentified fish larva 263 



12 Protomyctophum Crocker i 261 



13 Diogenichthys laternatus 249 



14 Lampanyctus ritteri 2 34 



15 Myctophidae 222 



16 Bathylagus wesethi 2 20 



17 Trachurus symmetricus 214 



18 Lampanyctus spp. 18 3 



19 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 156 



20 Melamphaes spp. 151 



21 Sciaenidae 147 



2 2 Tarletonbeania crenularis 132 



23 Bathylagus ochotensis 127 



24 Diogenichthys atlanticus 116 



25 Symbolophorus californiensis 111 



26 Paralichthys californicus 107 



27 Sardinops sagax 104 

 27 Gobiidae 104 



29 Hygophum atratum 103 



30 Stomias atriventer 100 



31 Pleuronichthys verticalis 88 



32 Gonichthys tenuiculus 81 

 32 Parophrys vetulus 81 

 34 Diaphus spp. 80 



3 5 Symphurus spp. 7 5 



36 Bypsoblennius spp. 7 3 



37 Lestidiops ringens 67 



38 Citharichthys stigmaeus 65 



39 Clinidae 64 



40 Serranidae 59 

 40 Sternoptychidae 59 



4 2 Chauliodus macouni 57 



43 Icichthys lockingtoni 53 



44 Argentina sialis 49 



45 Peprilus simillimus 45 



46 Bippoglossina stomata 44 

 4 6 Notoscopelus resplendens 4 4 

 4 8 Synodus spp. 42 



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