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TABLE 1 
List of Pelagic Cephalopods Collected from the Pacific Ocean 
off Oregon, June 1961-July 1963 
Loliginidae 
Loligo opalescens Berry, 1911 
Sepiolidae 
Rossia pacijica Berry, 1911 
Onychoteuthidae 
Onychoteuthis banksi (Leach, 1817) 
Moroteuthis robusta (Dali) Verrill, 1876 
Enoploteuthidae 
Abraliopsis sp. 
Veranyidae 
Octopoteuthis sicula Ruppell, 1844 
Histioteuthidae 
Meleagroteuthis holyei Pfeffer, 1900 
Gonatidae 
Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818) 
G. magister Berry, 1913 
G. anonychus Pearcy and Voss, 1963 
Gonatopsis borealis Sasaki, 1923 
Chiroteuthidae 
Chiroteuthis veranyi (Ferussac, 1835) 
Cranchiidae 
Galiteuthis armata Joubin, 1898 
Taonius pavo Lesueur, 1821 
Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 
Vampyroteuthidae 
Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, 1903 
Octopodidae 
Bolitaenidae 
Japetella heathi (Berry, 1911) 
TABLE 2 
Average Number of Pelagic Cephalopods Collected per Hour of Midwater Trawling in Tows 
to Various Depths at a Station 50 Miles off Newport, Oregon 
SPECIES 
0-200 M 
0-500 M 
0-1000 M 
(72 TOWS) 
(23 TOWS) 
(24 tows) 
( A ) Gonatus fabricii 
0.5 
0.5 
0.1 
Gonatus spp. 
1.2 
0.2 
0.1 
Chi'rofeuthis veranyi 
0.5 
0.1 
0.1 
Abraliopsis sp. 
0.7 
0.1 
0.1 
( B ) Japetella heathi 
0.03 
0.21 
0.14 
Octopoteuthis sicula 
0.00 
0.04 
0.02 
Galiteuthis armata 
0.00 
0.04 
0.05 
Taonius pavo 
0.01 
0.14 
0.06 
day 
night 
day 
night 
(9 tows) (63 tows) 
(14 tows) (9 tows) 
( C ) Gonatus fabricii 
0.2 
0.6 
0.7 
0.2 
Abraliopsis sp. 
0.0 
0.7 
0.2 
0.1 
