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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 409
Number of Hauls: 73

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 30.60 11.00 20.82
Paguridae 21.61 23.00 42.07
Misc Majidae 9.43 11.00 17.39
Tanner Crab 8.79 12.00 14.77
Ammodytidae 2.95 3.00 4.82
Arrowtooth flounder 2.89 1.00 2.36
Cancridea 2.85 7.00 8.97
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.73 4.00 5.75
Octopoda 2.11 4.00 7.07
Clupeoidei 1.99 2.00 2.05
Osmerid 1.96 2.00 2.16
Pacific Cod 1.78 1.00 1.67
Rajadae 1.35 0.00 1.66
Euphausiacea 1.28 0.00 3.10
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.88 1.00 2.84
Sablefish 0.83 0.00 0.68
Cottid 0.81 0.00 1.89
Lepidopsetta sp 0.62 0.00 0.44
Misc Teleost 0.59 1.00 3.52
Atka Mackeral 0.57 0.00 0.23
Gastropod 0.45 2.00 5.76
Zoarcoidae 0.39 0.00 0.79
Bivalvia 0.39 0.00 1.84
Misc Cephalopoda 0.34 0.00 0.30
Polychaeta 0.31 0.00 2.36
Misc Gadidae 0.30 0.00 0.11
Offal 0.23 0.00 0.34
Sea Cucumber 0.18 0.00 0.15
Misc Crab 0.17 0.00 1.23
Stichaeidae 0.11 0.00 0.32
Misc Lithodidae 0.10 0.00 0.58
Misc Flatfish 0.09 0.00 0.58
Misc Crustacea 0.07 0.00 0.27
Teuthida 0.05 0.00 0.17
Brittle Star 0.04 0.00 0.17
Misc Org 0.04 0.00 0.93
Sebastes 0.03 0.00 0.15
Misc Shrimp 0.02 0.00 0.79
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 0.35
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.02 0.00 0.50
Gammaridea 0.01 0.00 0.17
Misc Echinoderm 0.00 0.00 0.27
Hyperiidea 0.00 0.00 0.14


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1993


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