TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1963. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Engraulis mordax 567 



2 Triphoturus mexicanus 4 51 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 383 



4 Sebastes spp. 289 



5 Citharichthys spp. 278 



6 Disintegrated fish larva 274 



7 Unidentified fish larva 256 



8 Cyclothone spp. 241 



9 Leuroglossus stilbius 236 



10 Merluccius productus 229 



11 Protomyctophum crockeri 225 



12 Trachurus symmetricus 199 

 12 Lampanyctus spp. 199 



14 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 186 



15 Myctophidae 179 



16 Diogenichthys laternatus 161 



17 Bathylagus wesethi 160 



18 Melamphaes spp. 134 



19 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 128 



20 Lampanyctus ritteri 12 



21 Tarletonbeania crenularis 111 

 2 2 Sardinops sagax 99 

 2 3 Tetragonurus cuvieri 98 

 2 3 Bathylagus ochotensis 98 



2 3 Stomias atriventer 98 



26 Diogenichthys atlanticus 92 



27 Diogenichthys spp. 88 



28 Gobiidae 87 



29 Sciaenidae 85 



3 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 7 8 



31 Symphurus spp. 7 3 



32 Serranidae 68 

 3 2 Hypsoblennius spp. 68 

 3 4 Citharichthys stigmaeus 64 

 3 5 Ophidion scrippsae 61 



36 Lestidiops ringens 58 



37 Paralichthys calif ornicus 57 

 37 Scomber japonicus 57 



39 Pleuronichthys verticalis 56 



40 Bathylagus spp. 54 



41 Icichthys lockingtoni 52 



42 Lampadena urophaos 50 

 42 Notoscopelus resplendens 50 

 42 Scopeiarchidae 50 



45 Diaphus spp. 46 



46 Sternoptychidae 45 



47 Hippoglossina stomata 44 



48 Chromis punctipinnis 42 



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