TABLE 3. Pooled numbers of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 

 cruises in 1956. Count are adjusted for percent of 

 sample sorted and standard haul factor (see text). 



Rank Taxon Count 



1 Engraulis mordax 136695 



2 Merluccius productus 9 217 5 



3 Sebastes spp. 29279 



4 Leuroglossus stilbius 18717 



5 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 15149 



6 Sardinops sagax 15123 



7 Triphoturus mexicanus 108 36 



8 Citharichthys fragilis 10353 



9 Vinciguerria lucetia 9861 



10 Trachurus symmetricus 800 5 



11 Citharichthys xanthostigma 6 331 



12 Diaphus spp. 3574 



13 Scorpaena spp. 3 518 



14 Tarletonbeania crenularis 3373 



15 Citharichthys stigmaeus 3203 



16 Diogenichthys laternatus 3107 



17 Citharichthys spp. 2905 



18 Prionotus spp. 2446 



19 Bathylagus ochotensis 2261 



20 Tetragonurus cuvieri 2188 



21 Bathylagus wesethi 2174 



22 Lampanyctus ritteri 1900 



2 3 Protomyctophum crockeri 18 53 



24 Scomber japonicus 15 30 



25 Unidentified fish larva 1509 



26 Sciaenidae 1426 



27 Symphurus spp. 139 3 



28 Argentina sialis 1342 



29 Lyopsetta exilis 989 



30 Synodus spp. 96 9 



31 Melamphaes spp. 9 38 



32 Icichthys lockingtoni 897 



3 3 Citharichthys sordidus 888 

 3 4 Cyclothone spp. 80 5 



35 Diogenichthys atlanticus 772 



36 Serranidae 711 



37 Disintegrated fish larva 697 



38 Peprilus simillimus 645 



39 Osmeridae 627 



40 Ophidion scrippsae 520 



41 Opisthonema spp. 481 



42 Symbolophorus calif orniens is 480 



43 Ophidiif ormes 477 



44 Gobiidae 453 



45 Pleuronichthys verticalis 452 



46 Myctophidae 444 



47 Parophrys vetulus 4 36 



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