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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Mud skate, Bathyraja tarantetzi, collected in 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 58
Number of Hauls: 8

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Gammaridea 59.63 10.00 85.00
Polychaeta 11.66 7.00 81.96
Offal 5.27 1.00 5.00
Teuthida 4.54 2.00 12.32
Misc Shrimp 3.84 6.00 18.04
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.46 1.00 5.54
Misc Teleost 2.31 4.00 16.25
Euphausiacea 2.24 9.00 34.82
Misc Anomura 2.15 0.00 1.25
Isopoda 2.05 13.00 36.79
Capreillidea 1.23 10.00 32.50
Mysidacea 0.69 9.00 32.50
Bathylagid 0.40 0.00 1.25
Misc Org 0.39 3.00 8.04
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.39 1.00 3.75
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.31 3.00 3.57
Cumacea 0.18 9.00 15.36
Misc Worm 0.06 0.00 1.25
Misc Cephalopoda 0.05 0.00 1.25
Hyperiidea 0.02 0.00 1.25
Copepoda 0.01 0.00 1.25
Paguridae 0.01 0.00 1.25
Myctophidae 0.01 0.00 1.25


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Mud skate, Bathyraja tarantetzi, collected in 1997


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