Table 8.—Comparison of occurrences (number of stations) and numbers of gonostomatid larvae collected in bongo nets in the Caribbean 
Sea during MARMAP OTP'I and If cruises (Oregon II cruises 7239 and 7343). 
Gonostomatid taxa 
Gonostomatinae spp. 
Type ‘‘Alpha’’ 
Cyclothone spp. 
Diplophos taenia 
Gonostoma 
spp. 
atlanticum 
elongatum 
Total Gonostoma 
Woodsia nonsuchae 
Margrethia obtusirostra 
Maurolicus muelleri 
Pollichthys mauli 
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus 
Yarella blackfordi 
Bonapartia pedaliota 
Vinciguerria 
nimbaria 
poweriae 
attenuata 
Total Vinciguerria 
Total Gonostomatinae 
Sternoptychinae 
Argyropelecus spp. 
Polyipnus spp. 
Sternoptyx spp. 
Total Sternoptychinae 
Total Gonostomatidae 
Cruise 7239 
Cruise 7343 
No. of % Actual no. Stand. no. 
stations occurrence __ larvae larvae 
29 45 107 678.9 
1 2 1 5.0 
53 83 292 1,749.9 
2 3 2 9.8 
1 1 6.2 
9 27 160.2 
44 fat 164 1,023.2 
47 73 192 1,189.6 
2 3 2 13 
7 11 10 65.8 
1 2 1 6.2 
38 59 134 785.7 
1 2 1 4.9 
25 55 321.9 
2 2) 11.8 
a alee eg 31.4 
28 44 61 365.1 
62 96 803 4,872.2 
2 6 6 44.1 
1 2 1 6.9 
AAS qune2by 4 gue 129.8 
16 25 27 180.7 
62 96 830 5,053.0 
'Marine Mapping, Assessment and Prediction Operational Test Phase. 
Table 9.—Comparison of occurrences (number of stations) and numbers of larvae of scopelarchids, evermannellids, 
and paralepidids collected in bongo nets in the Caribbean Sea during MARMAP OTP'I and II cruises (Oregon IT 
cruises 7239 and 7343). 
Taxa 
No. of 
stations 
39. 
% 
occurrence 
87 
| 
Actual no. Stand. no. 
larvae 
Scopelarchidae 
Scopelarchus 
analis 
Benthabella 
infans 
Scopelarchioides 
danae 
Total Scopelarchidae 
Evermannellidae 
spp. 
Evermannella 
balbo 
indica 
Total Evermannella 
Odontostomops 
normalops 
Coccorella 
atlantica 
Total Evermannellidae 
Paralepididae 
spp. 
Lestidium spp. 
Lestidiops spp. 
Sudis 
hyalina 
Stemonosudis spp. 
Pontosudis spp. 
Lestrolepis spp. 
Total Paralepididae 
‘Marine Mapping, Assessment and Prediction Operational Test Phase. 
Cruise 7239 Cruise 7343 
Actual = Stand. Actual — Stand. 
No. % no. no. No. % no. no. 
stations occurrence larvae larvae stations occurrence larvae larvae 
1 2 1 3.6 
12 18 19 111.0 19 42 37 125.5 
4 6 5 28.8 3 7 us] 10.0 
15 23 24 139.8 21 47 41 139.1 
1 2 2} 6.6 
7 15 8 27.1 
1 1 1 he 1 2 2 6.8 
1 1 1 hen 8 18 10 33.9 
4 6 5 34.3 8 18 8 27.7 
7 10 8 51.6 8 42 31 107.1 
10 15 14 93.6 19 42 31 107.1 
6 9 7 44.4 5 11 5 16.2 
28 43 55 315.1 16 35 24 81.1 
10 15 15 84.8 8 18 10 39.1 
8 12 13 74.7 17 38 22 75.4 
5 7 5 32.2 3 ul 3 11.1 
2 3 2 13.8 4 9 4 12.4 
9 14 11 68.8 3 7 4 13.9 
46 71 108 633.8 36 80 72 249.2 
44 
larvae 
487.3 
4.0 
664.4 
2.9 
70.2 
150.5 
223.6 
35:3 
7.8 
We i57/ 
10.6 
3.6 
oS 
144.7 
6.6 
151.3 
1,713.1 
16.2 
17.9 
36.1 
70.2 
1,783.3 
