TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1952. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Triphoturus mexicanus 715 



2 Sebastes spp. 686 



3 Lampanyctus spp. 555 



4 Citharichthys spp. 52 4 

 4 Engraulis mordax 52 4 



6 Leuroglossus stilbius 502 



7 Vinciguerria lucetia 474 



8 Trachurus symmetricus 419 



9 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 40 5 



10 Tarletonbeania crenularis 3 99 



11 Bathylagus wesethi 370 



12 Werluccius productus 366 



13 Protomyctophum crockeri 345 



14 Cyclothone spp. 28 3 



15 Sardinops sagax 269 



16 Disintegrated fish larva 253 



17 Diogenichthys laternatus 233 

 17 Melamphaes spp. 233 



19 Bathylagus ochotensis 222 



20 Unidentified fish larva 218 



21 Myctophidae 186 



22 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 183 



23 Paralepididae 179 



24 Diaphus spp. 156 



25 Icichthys locking toni 139 



26 Labridae 135 



27 Stomias atriventer 120 



28 Diogenichthys atlanticus 112 



29 Gobiidae 107 



30 Lyopsetta exilis 80 



31 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 78 



32 Scomber japonicus 7 3 



33 Chauliodus macouni 69 



34 Argentina sialis 68 



35 Sternoptychidae 67 



36 Synodus spp. 6 3 

 36 Nansenia crassa 6 3 



38 Sciaenidae 61 



39 Scopelarchidae 54 



40 Ophidiif ormes 53 



41 Symphurus spp. 50 

 41 Paralichthys calif ornicus 50 

 41 Peprilus simillimus 50 

 44 Pleuronichthys verticalis 44 

 44 Gonichthys tenuiculus 44 



46 Trachipteridae 40 



47 Cottidae 36 



48 Hygophum atratum 35 



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