TABLE 3. Pooled numbers of fish larvae taken during CalCOFI 



cruises in 1968. Counts are adjusted for percent of 

 sample sorted and standard haul factor (see text). 



Rank Taxon Count 



1 Engraulis mordax 64249 



2 Merluccius productus 3 450 5 



3 Sebastes spp. 22609 



4 Stenobrachius leucopsarus 688 5 



5 Vinciguerria lucetia 4234 



6 Sciaenidae 3380 



7 Triphoturus mexicanus 32 38 



8 Trachurus symmetricus 2950 



9 Leuroglossus stilbius 2864 



10 Bathylagus ochotensis 2155 



11 Bathylagus wesethi 197 2 



12 Protomyctophum crockeri 1123 



13 Citharichthys spp. 1001 



14 Tarletonbeania crenularis 7 37 



15 Lampanyctus ritteri 719 



16 Myctophidae 673 



17 Diaphus spp. 665 



18 Cyclothone spp. 623 



19 Parophrys vetulus 608 



20 Diogenichthys laternatus 540 



21 Lampanyctus spp. 481 



22 Unidentified fish larva 458 

 2 3 Helamphaes spp. 432 

 24 Disintegrated fish larva 420 



2 5 Icichthys lockingtoni 390 



26 Symbolophorus californiensis 381 



27 Diogenichthys atlanticus 279 



28 Lestidiops ringens 256 



29 Bathylagus spp. 251 



3 Stomias atriventer 216 



31 Chauliodus macouni 211 



32 Sternoptychidae 201 



33 Citharichthys stigmaeus 180 



34 Argentina sialis 162 

 3 5 Pleuronichthys verticalis 128 



36 Lyopsetta exilis 118 



37 Microstomus pacificus 115 



38 Ceratoscopelus townsendi 108 



39 Gobiidae 97 



40 Oxyjulis calif ornica 96 



41 Glyptocephalus zachirus 9 5 



42 Ophidiiformes 89 



43 Cottidae 86 



44 Idiacanthus antrostomus 84 



45 Gonichthys tenuiculus 76 



46 Sebastolobus spp. 7 4 



47 Clinidae 67 



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