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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1989
Number of Full Stomachs : 245
Number of Hauls: 74

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 27.37 13.00 27.25
Misc Teleost 17.45 19.00 44.35
Paguridae 9.05 11.00 29.06
Tanner Crab 5.81 9.00 15.01
Ammodytidae 5.15 4.00 4.92
Offal 5.06 2.00 6.97
Crangonidae (shrimp) 4.18 6.00 12.39
Misc Flatfish 3.30 3.00 6.26
Chionoecetes spp. 2.91 4.00 8.67
Misc Gadidae 2.77 3.00 5.03
Mysidacea 2.40 5.00 6.86
Opilio Crab 2.36 1.00 4.94
Agonidae 1.68 1.00 6.71
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.66 3.00 6.31
Stichaeidae 1.09 0.00 2.93
Cnidaria 1.02 0.00 1.35
Pacific Cod 1.01 0.00 0.27
Misc Hexagrammidae 0.82 0.00 0.19
Yellowfin sole 0.76 0.00 0.79
Cancridea 0.59 0.00 0.35
Zoarcoidae 0.54 0.00 2.70
Misc Worm 0.48 1.00 4.79
Misc Cephalopoda 0.47 0.00 1.35
Misc Crab 0.45 0.00 2.17
Gastropod 0.41 0.00 5.17
Octopoda 0.30 0.00 0.45
Bivalvia 0.21 0.00 1.60
Osmerid 0.19 0.00 0.72
Misc Shrimp 0.13 0.00 3.23
Clupeoidei 0.12 0.00 0.45
Misc Org 0.07 0.00 0.56
Cottid 0.04 0.00 0.72
Gammaridea 0.03 0.00 1.80
Misc Echinoderm 0.02 0.00 1.35
Misc Majidae 0.02 0.00 0.57
Unid Eggs 0.01 0.00 0.14
Brittle Star 0.01 0.00 2.70
Polychaeta 0.01 0.00 1.23
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.00 0.00 0.14
Misc Brachyura 0.00 0.00 0.19
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.72
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.14


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1989


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