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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1984
Number of Full Stomachs : 548
Number of Hauls: 115

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Crangonidae (shrimp) 26.18 23.00 43.09
Walleye pollock 21.39 10.00 22.85
Mysidacea 9.84 20.00 37.55
Misc Teleost 6.17 3.00 11.26
Gammaridea 4.99 15.00 34.24
Polychaeta 3.87 2.00 7.63
Pandalidae (shrimp) 3.63 1.00 3.66
Brittle Star 3.58 6.00 6.22
Paguridae 3.29 1.00 3.06
Pacific Cod 2.90 1.00 3.31
Euphausiacea 2.86 3.00 8.05
Misc Gadidae 2.03 1.00 1.59
Tanner Crab 1.89 0.00 2.34
Opilio Crab 1.68 0.00 1.20
Bivalvia 1.32 2.00 5.99
Misc Worm 1.22 1.00 2.51
Misc Shrimp 0.77 0.00 2.42
Chionoecetes spp. 0.65 0.00 1.66
Zoarcoidae 0.62 0.00 0.65
Offal 0.23 0.00 0.07
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.21 0.00 0.83
Cumacea 0.14 1.00 1.77
Northern rock sole 0.11 0.00 0.29
Gastropod 0.10 0.00 0.54
Misc Flatfish 0.09 0.00 0.46
Teuthida 0.08 0.00 0.22
Misc Org 0.08 0.00 2.40
Isopoda 0.05 0.00 0.28
Misc Majidae 0.01 0.00 0.37
Alaska plaice 0.01 0.00 0.87
Octopoda 0.01 0.00 0.12
Misc Crab 0.00 0.00 0.06
Chaetognatha 0.00 0.00 0.08
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.23
Pteropoda 0.00 0.00 0.10
Hyperiidea 0.00 0.00 0.29
Cnidaria 0.00 0.00 0.07


Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1984


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