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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 189
Number of Hauls: 31

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 34.59 16.00 33.49
Misc Teleost 13.39 11.00 33.85
Tanner Crab 11.14 22.00 41.71
Misc Gadidae 9.60 5.00 15.24
Paguridae 9.54 12.00 41.33
Opilio Crab 3.66 5.00 10.08
Chionoecetes spp. 3.41 4.00 10.79
Clupeoidei 2.44 0.00 1.40
Stichaeidae 1.85 1.00 4.03
Offal 1.66 0.00 2.84
Misc Org 1.48 1.00 4.68
Flathead sole 1.20 0.00 0.67
Cancridea 0.91 0.00 2.30
Ammodytidae 0.78 0.00 1.16
Misc Majidae 0.74 1.00 3.57
Zoarcoidae 0.73 1.00 8.06
Polychaeta 0.65 1.00 9.30
Misc Flatfish 0.64 0.00 2.28
Misc Worm 0.33 0.00 4.57
Agonidae 0.32 0.00 3.09
Bivalvia 0.26 2.00 5.29
Gastropod 0.19 1.00 6.32
Misc Shrimp 0.10 1.00 2.70
Cottid 0.09 0.00 2.03
Misc Lithodidae 0.06 0.00 0.18
Northern rock sole 0.05 0.00 0.13
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.05 0.00 1.18
Misc Cephalopoda 0.03 0.00 0.40
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.03 0.00 4.30
Misc Mollusca 0.02 0.00 0.09
Misc Brachyura 0.01 0.00 0.09
Gammaridea 0.01 0.00 2.85
Misc Echinoderm 0.00 0.00 1.67
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.54
Misc Anomura 0.00 0.00 0.09
Misc Crab 0.00 0.00 0.13
Fish Eggs 0.00 2.00 0.09
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.13
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.13
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.92
Euphausiacea 0.00 0.00 0.27
Cumacea 0.00 0.00 0.09


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1985


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