SAMPLING FOR EGGS OF SARDINE AND OTHER FISHES IN THE COASTAL ZONE USING THE CALVET NET
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In 1986, vertical tows for fish eggs (using the CalVET sampler) were taken at standard southern California monitoring stations, which range from Ormond Beach in the north to San Onofre in the south and represent the 8-, 15, 22-, 36-, and 75-m contours. Data for six cruises in even months (120 tows in all) indicate the certain or very probable identification of eggs of at least 18 species or species complexes. Engraulis mordax, Sardinops sagax, Genyonemus lineatus, Symphurus atricauda, Citharichthys spp. , Seriphus politus, and Pleuronichthys verticalis were (in descending order) most abundant. Engraulis and Symphurus were concentrated at the deepest stations, Seriphus at the shallowest, the other four at midshelf (15-36 m). The three flatfishes were about evenly distributed alongshore, byt 73% to 100% of clupeoids and croakers were concentrated at our two central transects (Santa Monica Bay and Seal Beach). Only one Paralichthys calijornicus and six Paralabrax spp. eggs were taken.