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Area covered 3 



Methods of sampling 3 



Abundance of fish larvae in 1956 5 



Record of stamdardized haul factor for oblique hauls made 



with plankton nets during cruises 5601-5612, 1956 7 



Record of sardine eggs, 1956 15 



Record of sardine larvae, 1956 23 



Record of anchovy larvae, 1956 33 



Record of the larvae of the jack mackerel (T rachurus 



symmetricus ) , 1956 51 



Record of the larvae of the Pacific Mackerel (Pneuroatophorus 



diego ) , 1956 61 



Record of the larvae of hake (Merluccius productus ) , 1956 ... 67 



Record of the larvae of rockfish (Sebastodes spp.), 1956 .... 75 



Literature Cited 84 



FIGIRES 

 Nos. 



1. Station plan, 1956, of the California Cooperative 



Oceanic Fisheries Investigations 2 



2. Sardine eggs, 1956: Distribution and relative abundance . 16 



3. Sardine larvae, 1956: Distribution and relative 



abundance 24 



4. Anchovy larvae, 1956: Distribution and relative 



abundance 32 



5. Jack mackerel larvae, 1956: Distribution and relative 



abundance 50 



6. Pacific mackerel larvae, 1956: Distribution and 



relative abundance 62 



7. Hake larvae, 1956: Distribution and relative abundance . . 66 



