Acknowledgments 35 



Literature Cited 36 



Figures 



1. RV Dolphin survey, 1967-68 2 



2. Familial constituents of total surface-towed, meter net catch during 1967-68 5 



3. Surface temperatures observed during spring, 1967 6 



4. Surface temperatures observed during summer, 1967 7 



5. Surface temperatures observed during fall, 1967 8 



6. Surface temperatures observed during winter, 1968 9 



7. Number of fish categories caught during spring, 1967 10 



8. Number of fish categories caught during summer, 1967 11 



9. Number of fish categories caught during fall, 1967 12 



10. Number of fish categories caught during winter, 1968 13 



11. Distribution of spotted hake during winter, 1968 17 



12. Abundance of spotted hake relative to surface temperatures during winter, 1968 18 



13. Postlarval Apogon maculatus 21 



14. Juvenile Elagatis bipinnulata 23 



15. Unidentified postlarval Lutjanus sp 25 



16. Distribution of striped mullet during winter, 1968 28 



17. Distribution of white mullet during spring, 1967 29 



18. Head of hypothetical istiophorid larva 30 



19. Occurrence of two species of Monacanthus during four survey cruises 34 



Tables 



1. RV Z)o/p/jin survey, 1967-68. Locations of collecting stations 3 



2. Summary of fish categories showing numbers caught and seasons present 4 



3. Number caught and length range for three species of flyingfishes 19 



4. Diel occurrences and maximum sizes of two species of halfbeaks 19 



5. Summary of catch data for Decapterus punctatus 23 



6. Dolphin: number caught and length range 24 



7. Seasonal catch of two species of mullet 27 



8. Summary of catch data for Bothus ocellatus 31 



9. Diel variations in catch of juvenile tetraodontids 35 



Appendix Table 



Station list 38 



IV. 



