TABLE 2. Pooled occurrences of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1953. 



Rank 



Taxon 



Occurrences 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34, 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 40 

 42 

 42 

 44 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 48 



Sebastes spp. 

 Engraulis mordax 

 Leuroglossus stilbius 

 Triphoturus mexicanus 

 Citharichthys spp. 

 Merluccius productus 

 Lampanyctus spp. 

 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 

 Vinciguerria lucetia 

 Trachurus symmetricus 

 Unidentified fish larva 

 Bathylagus wesethi 

 Tarletonbeania crenularis 

 Diogenichthys laternatus 

 Sardinops sagax 

 Protomyctophum crockeri 

 Bathylagus ochotensis 

 Cyclothone spp. 

 Melamphaes spp. 

 Symbolophorus calif orniensis 

 Icichthys lockingtoni 

 Scomber japonicus 

 Paralepididae 

 Labridae 



Argentina sialis 

 Stomias atriventer 

 Disintegrated fish larva 

 Sternoptychidae 

 Lyopsetta exilis 

 Diogenichthys atlanticus 

 Nansenia crassa 

 Diaphus spp. 

 Gobiidae 

 Myctophidae 

 Ophidiiformes 

 PI euronecti formes 

 Chauliodus macouni 

 Parophrys vetulus 

 Synodus spp. 

 Cololabis saira 

 Hippoglossina stomata 

 Gonichthys tenuiculus 

 Hypsoblennius spp. 

 Symphurus spp. 

 Hygophum atratum 

 Loweina rara 

 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 

 Sciaenidae 



771 



686 



612 



573 



561 



417 



393 



365 



329 



322 



284 



258 



243 



232 



221 



211 



208 



161 



151 



132 



114 



97 



95 



93 



89 



86 



74 



68 



68 



68 



65 



63 



61 



59 



52 



48 



47 



45 



44 



42 



42 



38 



38 



36 



33 



33 



33 



30 



66 



