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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1994
Number of Full Stomachs : 239
Number of Hauls: 53

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 48.03 33.00 47.25
Paguridae 6.31 10.00 15.45
Ammodytidae 5.39 7.00 10.06
Misc Teleost 4.86 6.00 13.66
Zoarcoidae 4.53 3.00 6.88
Misc Flatfish 4.05 2.00 6.84
Agonidae 3.72 2.00 4.10
Northern rock sole 2.78 0.00 2.32
Opilio Crab 2.33 4.00 8.14
Pacific Cod 2.29 1.00 2.14
Cottid 2.27 1.00 3.96
Chionoecetes spp. 2.22 3.00 4.54
Octopoda 1.32 1.00 3.85
Misc Gadidae 1.19 1.00 2.86
Misc Majidae 1.08 2.00 2.23
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.99 3.00 9.44
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.85 2.00 5.41
Cancridea 0.81 0.00 0.38
Yellowfin sole 0.73 0.00 1.89
Flathead sole 0.69 0.00 1.04
Misc Lithodidae 0.63 0.00 0.81
Alaska plaice 0.53 0.00 1.89
Offal 0.50 0.00 0.47
Tanner Crab 0.47 2.00 2.20
Osmerid 0.45 0.00 0.92
Stichaeidae 0.40 0.00 0.31
Misc Crab 0.36 0.00 0.63
Misc Worm 0.07 0.00 0.71
Misc Echinoderm 0.06 0.00 0.38
Mysidacea 0.03 1.00 1.15
Misc Shrimp 0.02 0.00 1.06
Bivalvia 0.01 0.00 0.24
Euphausiacea 0.01 1.00 0.52
Polychaeta 0.01 0.00 1.38
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.01 0.00 0.24
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.47
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.24
Gammaridea 0.00 0.00 0.75


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1994


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