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 1968 which received special 

 attention, with explanations and caveats intended to aid in 

 guantitative interpretations: 



Anguilliformes - tentative and sporadic identifications to family 

 or lower taxon lumped to order. 



Engraulis mordax - some nearshore samples of small E . mordax 

 may contain other anchovy genera, which 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. 



Bathylagus spp. - includes small and/or disintegrated specimens 

 of Bathylagus or Leuroglossus stilbius . 



Stomiiformes - all specimens checked and identified to genus 



or species; residuals are poorly preserved or unavailable 

 specimens. 



Sternoptychidae - tentative and sporadic identifications of 

 hatchetf ishes to genus were lumped to family. 



Bathophilus spp. - specimen checked. 



Eustomias spp. - specimen checked. 



Paralepididae - all specimens examined and identified to species; 

 residuals are small, poorly preserved or unavailable 

 specimens. 



Scopelarchidae - tentative and sporadic identifications to genus 

 lumped to family. 



Lampanyctus spp. - tentative and sporadic identifications to 

 species lumped to genus. 



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. 



