TABLE 3. Pooled numbers of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 



cruises in 1981. Counts are adjusted for percent of 

 sample sorted and standard haul factor (see text). 



Rank Taxon Count 



1 Engraulis mordax 484269 



2 Sebastes spp. 47046 



3 Vinciguerria lucetia 36736 



4 Leuroglossus stilbius 25683 



5 Merluccius productus 187 36 



6 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 156 40 



7 Triphoturus mexicanus 12 386 



8 Scomber japonicus 7 986 



9 Protomyctophum crockeri 7 277 



10 Citharichthys spp. 7 082 



11 Genyonemus lineatus 67 64 



12 Bathylagus ochotensis 6308 



13 Sardinops sagax 60 47 



14 Trachurus symmetricus 4013 



15 Cyclothone spp. 3663 



16 Bathylagus wesethi 2828 



17 Disintegrated fish larva 2771 



18 Myctophidae 2614 



19 Diogenichthys laternatus 2606 



20 Lampanyctus spp. 2 315 



21 Sternoptychidae 1972 



22 Sebastes paucispinis 1793 

 2 3 Seriphus politus 17 42 

 2 4 Citharichthys stigmaeus 16 33 

 2 5 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 1559 



26 Unidentified fish larva 1374 



27 Lampanyctus ritteri 1354 



28 Paralichthys calif ornicus 1192 



29 Tarletonbeania crenularis 1103 



30 Symbolophorus californiensis 1063 



31 Argentina sialis 1060 



32 Lyopsetta exilis 998 



33 Bathylagus pacificus 956 



34 Sebastes jordani 9 38 



35 Stomias atriventer 900 



36 Melamphaes spp. 833 



37 Diogenichthys atlanticus 822 



38 Cottidae 754 



39 Serranidae 697 



40 Oxyjulis calif ornica 675 



41 Chauliodus macouni 621 



42 Diaphus spp. 589 

 4 3 Parophrys vetulus 5 59 



44 Bathylagus spp. 552 



45 Gobiidae 541 



46 Lestidiops ringens 518 



47 Peprilus simillimus 442 



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