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Figure 6. — Parathemisto pacifica Stebbing, distribution in November 1949, CCOFI 



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south, it was not possible to find any relation between the numbers 

 taken at a station and the temperature, salinity, depth of haul, depth 

 of thermocline, or the percent of the haul which was made below the 

 thermocline. 



The seasonal variation in numbers is of considerable interest. The 

 average number per 1,000 cubic m. at the positive stations in 1949 

 increased from 165 in March to 445 in July, and then decreased to 

 only 67 in November. Fart of the March-July increase may be at- 



