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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias, collected in 2001
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,359
Number of Hauls: 133

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 31.42 15.00 17.43
Euphausiacea 13.72 10.00 29.80
Osmerid 12.87 14.00 14.12
Ammodytidae 9.89 11.00 8.05
Pandalidae (shrimp) 7.40 10.00 12.01
Misc Gadidae 5.87 5.00 6.88
Misc Teleost 3.47 10.00 9.95
Misc Flatfish 2.43 1.00 1.42
Teuthida 2.37 2.00 2.23
Misc Shrimp 1.77 4.00 6.57
Zoarcoidae 1.44 1.00 1.29
Cottid 1.03 0.00 0.49
Sebastelobus 1.02 0.00 0.36
Arrowtooth flounder 0.90 0.00 0.18
Sebastes 0.66 0.00 0.09
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.66 2.00 2.81
Stichaeidae 0.64 1.00 0.83
Polychaeta 0.63 0.00 1.09
Clupeoidei 0.44 0.00 0.26
Myctophidae 0.28 0.00 0.13
Misc Cephalopoda 0.18 0.00 0.24
Mysidacea 0.15 0.00 1.20
Gammaridea 0.12 0.00 0.90
Lepidopsetta sp 0.11 0.00 0.08
Cumacea 0.10 0.00 0.13
Pacific Cod 0.09 0.00 0.06
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.06 0.00 0.81
Agonidae 0.06 0.00 0.15
Bathylagid 0.05 0.00 0.11
Misc Org 0.03 0.00 0.41
Misc Crustacea 0.03 0.00 0.30
Offal 0.02 0.00 0.07
Misc Anomura 0.02 0.00 0.20
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 0.18
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.51
Southern rock sole 0.00 0.00 0.06
Hyperiidea 0.00 0.00 0.45
Chaetognatha 0.00 0.00 0.12
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.06
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.06


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Arrowtooth flounder, Atheresthes stomias, collected in 2001


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