certain taxa were reexamined in all samples for the entire 

 CalCOFI time series. These taxa were selected because of their 

 commercial, ecological, phylogenetic, or zoogeographic importance 

 or because taxonomic confusion was at the ordinal level. The 

 following is a list of the taxa for 1959 which received special 

 attention, with explanations and caveats intended to aid in 

 quantitative interpretations: 



Anguilli formes - 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. 



Engraulidae - includes nearshore taxa (mostly A/7C/2oa spp.) large 

 enough to separate from Engraulis mordax . Some nearshore 

 samples of small E. mordax may contain other anchovy genera, 

 but could not be differentiated. 



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



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

 their range boundaries checked. 



Sternoptychidae - tentative and sporadic identifications of 

 hatchet fishes to genus were lumped to family. 



Bathophilus spp. - all specimens checked. 



Tactostoma macropus - all specimens checked. 



Scopelarchidae - tentative and sporadic identifications to genus 

 lumped to family. 



Lampanyctus spp. - tentative and sporadic identifications to 

 species (mostly descriptive types) lumped to genus; 

 identification of L. regalis and L. ritteri begun in 1954. 



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. 



Diogenichthys atlanticus - all specimens at margins of range 

 checked. 



Diogenichthys laternatus - all specimens at margins of range 

 checked . 



Electrona rissoi - recognition of this species was inconsistent 

 and others may be included in Protomyctophum crockeri or 

 Myctophidae. 



