Nomeidae - absence of this family attributed to misidentif ication 

 or placement in unidentified fish larva category. 



Pleuronectiformes - all available specimens of this category 



(originally called "flatfish") were examined and reidenti- 

 fied; residuals are small, poorly preserved specimens. 



Bothidae - all specimens examined and most were reassigned to 

 various paralichthyid genera or to Bothus spp. 



Citharichthys spp. - tentative and sporadic identifications to 



species were lumped to genus, which also includes Etropus 

 spp. and some other flatfish taxa from original 

 misidentif ications . 



Hippoglossina spp. - all specimens of this genus (originally 

 called "pigmented bothid") were assigned to H. stomata . 



Paralichthys spp. - all specimens of this genus were examined and 

 most were assigned to P. californicus or Xystreurys 

 liol epi s . 



Syacium ovale - all specimens examined (originally called "spiny- 

 headed bothid") . 



Xystreurys liolepis - originally misidentif ied as Paralichthys 

 californicus ; all specimens reidentif ied. 



Glyptocephalus zachirus - all specimens examined. 



Microstomus pacificus - all specimens examined. 



Pleuronichthys spp. - all larvae of this genus and constituent 



species were examined and assigned to species; residuals are 

 small, poorly preserved specimens. 



Psettichthys melanostictus - absence of this species may be 



explained by misidentif ication with other flatfish species 

 (e.g. , Lyopsetta exilis) which we did not reexamine 

 systematically. 



COMPUTER ENTRY AND EDITING 



Each taxon on the original identification sheets was given a 

 3-digit code based on the list of codes in Haight et al. (1979). 

 Taxon codes and counts from these sheets were keypunched by 

 cruise and station, along with pertinent station and tow data and 

 entered into the VAX 11/780 computer at the University of 

 California, San Diego Computing Center. After entries were 

 completed for an entire year, print-out listings of taxa and 

 counts on each station were compared with the original data 

 sheets to eliminate keypunch errors. Next, data in the file were 

 cross-checked with data on an existing file which contained: 

 station and tow data; numbers of eggs of sardine, anchovy, and 



