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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1992
Number of Full Stomachs : 285
Number of Hauls: 63

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 25.67 13.00 20.20
Paguridae 15.45 15.00 32.25
Ammodytidae 9.25 11.00 14.71
Opilio Crab 5.79 9.00 12.45
Offal 4.50 2.00 6.05
Misc Flatfish 4.16 2.00 5.99
Misc Teleost 3.91 5.00 11.18
Pandalidae (shrimp) 3.66 5.00 6.39
Osmerid 3.17 1.00 4.70
Agonidae 3.09 2.00 6.59
Zoarcoidae 2.58 2.00 4.33
Misc Gadidae 2.57 3.00 7.51
Stichaeidae 2.23 1.00 5.05
Cottid 1.86 0.00 2.86
Misc Worm 1.68 1.00 1.81
Northern rock sole 1.48 0.00 2.90
Yellowfin sole 1.38 0.00 0.73
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.37 3.00 8.67
Euphausiacea 1.22 1.00 8.13
Tanner Crab 1.12 2.00 3.37
Chionoecetes spp. 1.09 4.00 7.42
Flathead sole 0.67 0.00 0.79
Pacific Cod 0.61 0.00 0.37
Misc Crab 0.33 0.00 2.42
Mysidacea 0.25 1.00 4.18
Misc Hexagrammidae 0.23 0.00 0.16
Misc Mollusca 0.20 0.00 1.06
Gastropod 0.14 0.00 0.79
Bivalvia 0.06 0.00 0.16
Fish Eggs 0.06 0.00 0.16
Misc Shrimp 0.05 0.00 1.72
Pacific halibut 0.05 0.00 0.13
Misc Org 0.04 0.00 0.93
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.03 0.00 0.42
Octopoda 0.02 0.00 1.26
Misc Crustacea 0.01 0.00 0.53
Gammaridea 0.01 0.00 0.95
Cumacea 0.00 0.00 0.32
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.53


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1992


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