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Diet table for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 121
Number of Hauls: 20

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Clupeoidei 27.81 9.00 21.00
Misc Flatfish 14.92 5.00 13.92
Osmerid 9.39 10.00 20.04
Misc Gadidae 5.43 14.00 24.58
Brittle Star 5.00 5.00 5.00
Cottid 4.24 0.00 2.50
Misc Teleost 3.88 9.00 16.75
Lepidopsetta sp 3.55 0.00 0.50
Walleye pollock 3.39 4.00 13.38
Crangonidae (shrimp) 3.19 10.00 31.79
Euphausiacea 2.88 1.00 6.58
Opilio Crab 2.63 0.00 6.63
Misc Worm 2.32 0.00 8.63
Misc Majidae 1.62 1.00 3.63
Yellowfin sole 1.44 0.00 2.00
Mysidacea 1.43 6.00 31.75
Offal 1.42 0.00 0.50
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.18 3.00 2.50
Paguridae 1.16 1.00 3.50
Agonidae 0.51 0.00 2.13
Isopoda 0.50 1.00 2.67
Northern rock sole 0.42 0.00 0.50
Ammodytidae 0.38 1.00 3.63
Stichaeidae 0.37 0.00 1.25
Cyclopteridae 0.29 0.00 1.13
Polychaeta 0.24 2.00 13.46
Misc Crab 0.16 0.00 3.25
Misc Shrimp 0.09 0.00 3.00
Chionoecetes spp. 0.07 0.00 1.00
Gammaridea 0.04 1.00 7.42
Misc Decapoda 0.03 0.00 0.50
Misc Crustacea 0.01 0.00 0.50
Misc Org 0.01 0.00 0.50
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.50
Sea Cucumber 0.00 0.00 0.50
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.50


Sample locations for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 1999


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