TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1959. 



Rank Taxon Occurrences 



1 Vinciguerria lucetia 1209 



2 Triphoturus mexicanus 1069 



3 Engraulis mordax 888 



4 Sebastes spp. 602 



5 Cyclothone spp. 514 



6 Diogenichthys laternatus 44 2 



7 Lampanyctus ritteri 429 



8 Protomyctophwn crockeri 424 



9 Ceratoscopeius townsendi 37 3 



10 Disintegrated fish larva 361 



11 Merluccius productus 340 



12 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 3 27 



13 Leuroglossus stilbius 324 



14 Trachurus symmetricus 286 



15 Bathylagus wesethi 275 



16 Unidentified fish larva 272 



17 Lampanyctus spp. 260 



18 Myctophidae 245 



19 Melamphaes spp. 209 



20 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 191 



21 Gonichthys tenuiculus 181 

 21 Stomias atriventer 181 



23 Sardinops sagax 17 2 



24 Paralepididae 165 



25 Hygophum atratum 138 



26 Citharichthys stigmaeus 134 



27 Labridae 122 



28 Citharichthys spp. 121 



29 Lampadena urophaos 120 



30 Citharichthys xanthostigma 118 



31 Diogenichthys atlanticus 116 



32 Tarletonbeania crenularis 113 



33 Gobiidae 108 



34 Citharichthys frag His 106 

 34 Bathylagus ochotensis 106 



36 Myctophum nitidulum 105 



37 Diaphus spp. 103 



38 Sternoptychidae 94 



39 Scopelarchidae 93 



40 Hygophum spp. 91 



41 Diogenichthys spp. 79 



42 Notoscopelus resplendens 7 6 



43 Symphurus spp. 7 5 

 43 Chiasmodontidae 75 



45 Icichthys lockingtoni 74 



46 Chauliodus macouni 7 2 



47 Sciaenidae 71 



48 Serranidae 66 



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