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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1991
Number of Full Stomachs : 206
Number of Hauls: 40

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 40.05 28.00 50.38
Misc Flatfish 15.14 8.00 9.96
Misc Gadidae 5.70 3.00 11.75
Paguridae 5.02 5.00 14.65
Pacific Cod 4.66 1.00 3.25
Ammodytidae 4.31 4.00 6.79
Octopoda 2.55 2.00 3.75
Zoarcoidae 2.50 2.00 2.50
Misc Teleost 2.45 4.00 12.74
Yellowfin sole 2.34 0.00 2.77
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.32 7.00 13.34
Tanner Crab 2.22 4.00 5.42
Mysidacea 2.03 5.00 10.46
Cottid 1.66 0.00 3.90
Agonidae 1.04 0.00 2.24
Opilio Crab 1.03 4.00 8.67
Northern rock sole 1.01 0.00 1.13
Clupeoidei 0.93 0.00 0.83
Stichaeidae 0.56 0.00 2.57
Misc Worm 0.39 1.00 3.36
Misc Shrimp 0.37 2.00 5.37
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.30 0.00 1.27
Chionoecetes spp. 0.24 0.00 1.92
Misc Org 0.18 0.00 0.83
Misc Crab 0.18 0.00 1.56
Euphausiacea 0.18 1.00 2.08
Flathead sole 0.17 0.00 0.44
Misc Majidae 0.12 0.00 0.83
Cancridea 0.07 0.00 0.13
Osmerid 0.07 0.00 0.56
Misc Lithodidae 0.05 0.00 0.42
Misc Org 0.04 0.00 0.81
Polychaeta 0.04 0.00 0.50
Gastropod 0.03 0.00 1.19
Brittle Star 0.02 0.00 1.25
Cnidaria 0.02 0.00 1.25
Pacific halibut 0.01 0.00 0.25
Misc Bird 0.01 0.00 0.63
Cyclopteridae 0.00 0.00 0.13
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.63


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1991


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