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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Whiteblotched skate, Bathyraja maculata, collected in 2000
Number of Full Stomachs : 44
Number of Hauls: 11

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Atka Mackeral 35.35 26.00 40.15
Cottid 11.05 10.00 13.64
Walleye pollock 8.63 3.00 8.08
Octopoda 7.25 7.00 29.29
Misc Teleost 6.97 5.00 20.63
Offal 4.36 2.00 4.55
Pandalidae (shrimp) 4.09 7.00 17.46
Teuthida 3.97 1.00 6.13
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 2.80 1.00 6.31
Sebastes 2.22 0.00 1.52
Tunicate 2.14 0.00 4.55
Myctophidae 1.66 1.00 3.90
Misc Shrimp 1.39 5.00 11.69
Polychaeta 1.38 1.00 14.68
Misc Lithodidae 1.17 1.00 3.57
Chionoecetes spp. 0.97 0.00 1.30
Euphausiacea 0.78 1.00 16.16
Paguridae 0.76 1.00 6.89
Mysidacea 0.66 1.00 10.10
Isopoda 0.59 3.00 7.83
Misc Majidae 0.43 0.00 2.02
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.41 2.00 3.03
Gammaridea 0.29 3.00 8.84
Misc Cephalopoda 0.27 0.00 1.52
Cyclopteridae 0.25 4.00 9.09
Misc Crab 0.11 1.00 2.27
Misc Echinoderm 0.06 0.00 1.01


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Whiteblotched skate, Bathyraja maculata, collected in 2000


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