Table 11.—Comparison of relative abundance of larval and adult 
myctophids in the Caribbean Sea. Larval percentages are of the total 
actual number of larval myctophid specimens from Oregon I cruises 
7239 and 7343; adult percentages are from the Woods Hole 
Oceanographic Institution data of Backus et al. (1977). 
Genus 
Diaphus spp. 
Notolychnus valdivae 
Lampadena spp. 
Lampanyctus nobilis 
Lampanyctus cuprarius 
Other Lampanyctus spp. 
Myctophum affine 
Myctophum asperum 
Myctophum nitidulum 
Myctophum obtusirostre 
Myctophum selenops 
Bolinichthys spp. 
Ceratoscopelus-Lepidophanes 
Hygophum hygomi 
Hygophum reinhardtii 
Hygophum macrochir 
Hygophum taaningi 
Centrobranchus nigroocellatus 
Notoscopelus resplendens 
Notoscopelus caudispinosus 
Lobianchia gemellarii 
Lobianchia dofleini 
Benthosema suborbitale 
Diogenichthys atlanticus 
Symbolophorus spp. 
Loweina rara 
Taaningichthys spp. 
Gonichthys coccoi 
Larvae ___ Adults 
% Rank % Rank 
47.2 1 31.3 1 
1.6 7 11.9 3 
0.6 0.5 
Dl 5 2.2 7 
0.3 O01 
1.0 10 5.8 5 
0.5 0.4 
0.2 0.6 
1.3 8 0.1 
1.9 6 0.1 
3.0 4 0.3 
0.9 2.2 8 
24.8 2 29.6 2 
0.1 0.1 
0.6 0.1 
1.0 9 2.2 9 
4.7 3 0.3 
0.3 0.1 
0.1 1.7 10 
0.3 0.1 
0.2 0.7 
0 0.5 
0.1 6.6 4 
9.3 2.8 6 
0.1 <0.1 
<O.1 <0.1 
(0) «0.1 
0 “0.1 
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Table 12.—Comparison of the relative numbers (percent) of myctophid larvae iden- 
tified to genus from the Caribbean Sea (this study), the eastern Gulf of Mexico 
(Houde et al. text footnote 4), the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (EASTROPAC I 
(Ahlstrom 1971) and EASTROPAC II (Ahlstrom 1972)), and the western Indian 
Ocean (Nellen 1973). 
Caribbean E. EASTROPAC 
Genus Sea 
Diaphus 49.6 
Notolychnus 1.8 
Lampadena 1.8 
Lampanyctus 3.3 
Myctophum 7.6 
Bolinichthys 1.0 
Ceratoscopelus 24.9 
Lepidophanes 1.1 
Hygophum 7.2 
Centrobranchus 0.3 
Notoscopelus 0.5 
Lobianchia 0.2 
Benthosema 0.2 
Diogenichthys 0.3 
Symbolophorus 0.2 
Loweina <0.1 
Taaningichthys 0.0 
Electrona _ 
Gonichthys 0.0 
Protomyctophum _ 
Stenobranchius a= 
Triphoturus = 
Gulf 
52.2 
3.8 
0.6 
1.8 
10.1 
0.1 
D7) 
2.4 
15.6 
I 
II 
3.9 
0.8 
0.1 
8.5 
3.5 
0.6 
0.2 
2.3 
<0.1 
0.6 
«0.1 
1.8 
74.9 
1.3 
0.1 
EASTROPAC  W. Indian 
Ocean 
10.4 
0.9 
0.4 
8.7 
0.8 
0.7 
0.4 
