• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.163-180
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• 1983

Fish larvae were collected from Changson channel, Namhae over the period from June 1982 to May 1983. A total of 44 species (33 families and 41 genera) were identified and described with morphological feature. The larvae of Cyclopsis tentacularis is newly reported in the Korean waters. Abundance of the species in numbers was as follows : Engraulis japonica $86.56\%$, Acanthogobius flavimanus $5.91\%$, Enedrias sp. $1.71\%$, Sebastes inermis $1.18\%$, Leucopsarion petersi $0.78\%$, Hexagrammos otakii $0.68\%$. According to variation of seasonal abundance the larvae were grouped into three seasonal groups as follows : Spring type: Engraulis japonica, Astroconger sp., Enedrias sp., Leucopsarion petersi, Sebastes inermis, Hexagrammos otakii Summer type : Engraulis japonica, Leiognathus nuchalis, Acanthogobius flavimanus, Omobranchus elegans, Syngnathus schlegeri. Winter type: Enedrias sp.