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Diet table for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 2017
Number of Full Stomachs : 164
Number of Hauls: 50

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Opilio Crab 27.29 27.00 34.07
Stichaeidae 16.91 14.00 22.80
Misc Teleost 14.02 25.00 30.10
Crangonidae (shrimp) 6.80 0.00 26.97
Misc Gadidae 6.18 7.00 9.93
Misc Flatfish 5.06 7.00 13.10
Chionoecetes spp. 2.92 3.00 8.30
Cottid 2.80 3.00 5.60
Isopoda 2.39 0.00 1.83
Paguridae 2.22 0.00 1.40
Cancridea 1.94 0.00 0.90
Clupeoidei 1.94 1.00 1.57
Cyclopteridae 1.58 0.00 4.40
Bering Flounder 1.40 0.00 2.40
Polychaeta 1.28 0.00 11.03
Walleye pollock 0.79 0.00 2.40
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.68 0.00 1.33
Misc Shrimp 0.60 0.00 3.20
Osmerid 0.60 0.00 1.30
Yellowfin sole 0.45 0.00 0.50
Misc Crab 0.38 0.00 1.67
Misc Majidae 0.30 0.00 2.70
Octopoda 0.25 0.00 2.00
Sand Dollar 0.25 0.00 1.47
Mysidacea 0.22 0.00 5.07
Gammaridea 0.19 0.00 4.77
Gastropod 0.15 0.00 0.80
Northern rock sole 0.11 0.00 0.40
Pacific Cod 0.10 0.00 0.40
Ammodytidae 0.05 0.00 0.40
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.05 0.00 1.07
Zoarcoidae 0.03 0.00 0.90
Brittle Star 0.02 0.00 0.90
Misc Worm 0.02 0.00 1.67
Bivalvia 0.02 0.00 1.40
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.40


Sample locations for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 2017


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