following is a list of the taxa for 19-57 which received special 

 attention, with explanations and caveats intended to aid in 

 quantitative interpretations: 



Anguilliformes - tentative and sporadic identifications to family 

 or lower taxon lumped to order. 



Sardinops sagax - all specimens south of line 12 checked for 

 misidentif ication of Opisthonema spp. 



Engraulis mordax - some nearshore samples of small E . mordax may 

 contain other anchovy genera which could not be 

 differentiated. 



Nansenia spp. - all specimens checked and identified as JV. 



Candida or N. crassa ; all specimens of these species near 

 their range boundaries checked. 



Bathylagus spp. - includes small and/or disintegrated specimens 

 of Bathylagus or Leuroglossus stilbius . 



Stomiiformes - all specimens checked and identified to genus 

 or species; residuals are small, poorly preserved or 

 unavailable specimens. 



Vinciguerria lucetia - specimens taken seaward of station 100 

 checked for misidentif ication of V. poweriae ; some V. 

 poweriae may remain in these samples because small larve 

 of the two species could not be differentiated; sporadic 

 identification of V. poweriae began in 1961. 



Sternoptychidae - tentative and sporadic identifications of 

 hatchetf ishes to genus were lumped to family. 



Bathophilus spp. - all specimens checked. 



Tactostoma macropus - all specimens checked. 



Paralepididae - all specimens examined and identified to species. 



Scopelarchidae - tentative and sporadic identifications to genus 

 lumped to family. 



Lampanyctus spp. - tentative and sporadic identifications to 

 species lumped to genus. 



Lampanyctus regalis - underrepresented because of inability to 

 differentiate small larvae (<5 mm) from those of other 

 species of the genus; counts may include other species of 

 the genus because of difficulty in identifying larvae of 

 this large and complex genus. 



Lampanyctus ritteri - comment for L. regalis applies to this 

 species. 



