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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 304
Number of Hauls: 67

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 38.96 28.00 41.10
Paguridae 13.49 14.00 27.71
Osmerid 6.09 5.00 5.88
Opilio Crab 5.46 8.00 15.17
Cottid 5.03 2.00 4.25
Zoarcoidae 4.60 3.00 6.08
Octopoda 2.82 2.00 5.35
Misc Teleost 2.72 4.00 10.42
Ammodytidae 2.64 4.00 4.90
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.58 4.00 6.79
Northern rock sole 2.11 0.00 1.79
Chionoecetes spp. 1.88 1.00 4.14
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.79 3.00 5.60
Tanner Crab 1.57 4.00 7.47
Yellowfin sole 1.53 0.00 0.82
Cnidaria 1.10 0.00 1.49
Pacific Cod 1.01 0.00 1.76
Misc Flatfish 0.96 0.00 1.78
Misc Org 0.62 0.00 0.75
Agonidae 0.62 0.00 1.31
Misc Org 0.51 0.00 0.63
Misc Lithodidae 0.35 0.00 0.26
Misc Gadidae 0.35 0.00 2.32
Euphausiacea 0.33 0.00 2.19
Misc Majidae 0.31 1.00 1.12
Stichaeidae 0.14 0.00 0.80
Cancridea 0.12 0.00 0.49
Misc Worm 0.11 0.00 0.49
Gastropod 0.07 0.00 2.03
Gammaridea 0.04 0.00 2.33
Misc Shrimp 0.02 0.00 1.37
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 0.40
Bivalvia 0.02 0.00 1.62
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.75
Mysidacea 0.00 0.00 0.15
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.50
Polychaeta 0.00 0.00 0.19


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1993


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