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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1995
Number of Full Stomachs : 211
Number of Hauls: 49

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 33.73 22.00 41.63
Misc Teleost 10.52 14.00 29.60
Paguridae 6.93 9.00 20.85
Tanner Crab 4.46 7.00 11.60
Misc Gadidae 4.29 3.00 6.39
Opilio Crab 4.12 3.00 7.76
Ammodytidae 3.29 5.00 6.99
Chionoecetes spp. 3.16 3.00 5.43
Zoarcoidae 2.99 1.00 3.79
Misc Flatfish 2.94 1.00 4.10
Agonidae 2.87 0.00 3.04
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.29 5.00 9.00
Pacific sandfish 1.93 0.00 0.51
Cottid 1.89 0.00 2.95
Octopoda 1.69 1.00 4.38
Clupeoidei 1.65 0.00 0.68
Yellowfin sole 1.31 1.00 1.28
Pacific Cod 1.29 0.00 2.04
Misc Lithodidae 1.26 0.00 0.61
Rajadae 1.19 1.00 2.24
Misc Worm 1.09 1.00 1.93
Offal 1.00 0.00 0.68
Misc Majidae 0.96 2.00 2.27
Osmerid 0.91 0.00 1.86
Misc Crab 0.65 2.00 4.74
Northern rock sole 0.40 0.00 0.41
Cancridea 0.38 0.00 0.74
Stichaeidae 0.32 0.00 1.16
Gastropod 0.18 1.00 2.72
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.12 1.00 3.96
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.11 1.00 2.24
Polychaeta 0.05 0.00 2.27
Misc Shrimp 0.01 0.00 0.66
Isopoda 0.01 0.00 0.23
Misc Org 0.00 0.00 0.41
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.34
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.41
Euphausiacea 0.00 0.00 0.48


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1995


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