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Family EXOCOETIDAE 
Cypselurus californicus Cooper. Great Flying Fish. 
Common in the channel between Santa Catalina Island and the 
mainland. Seen occasionally along the coast near Laguna. One 
specimen, (photograph Figure 4a), caught in a drift net at Laguna. 
Figure 4a. Cypselurus californicus 
Family ATHERINIDAE 
Atherinops affinis (Ayres). Smelt, Pescadillo Del Ray. 
Abundant at Newport and Laguna throughout the summer. 
Family SPHYRAENIDAE 
Sphyraena argentea Girard. Barracuda. 
Very common off the coast of Southern California, usually run- 
ning in schools. This is the main market fish taken at Newport dur- 
ing the summer, when it is caught in drift nets, and by trolling, or 
‘‘jigging’’ as the fishermen call it. 
