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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1998
Number of Full Stomachs : 358
Number of Hauls: 77

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 43.59 27.00 45.76
Misc Flatfish 11.54 9.00 13.77
Paguridae 8.74 10.00 28.48
Opilio Crab 5.45 7.00 13.07
Tanner Crab 4.77 6.00 6.06
Zoarcoidae 3.26 2.00 5.71
Pacific Cod 3.00 1.00 3.17
Cottid 2.60 1.00 4.70
Yellowfin sole 2.56 1.00 3.81
Misc Majidae 2.45 2.00 3.06
Ammodytidae 2.36 5.00 9.06
Misc Teleost 1.45 2.00 7.60
Misc Gadidae 1.22 2.00 5.35
Clupeoidei 1.14 0.00 0.42
Offal 1.07 0.00 1.45
Osmerid 0.76 1.00 3.31
Misc Org 0.76 0.00 0.43
Agonidae 0.59 0.00 1.34
Octopoda 0.58 1.00 3.15
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.43 3.00 7.84
Chionoecetes spp. 0.31 1.00 2.60
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.21 1.00 2.96
Cancridea 0.19 0.00 1.06
Misc Brachyura 0.11 0.00 0.42
Northern rock sole 0.09 0.00 0.20
Gastropod 0.07 0.00 2.99
Misc Shrimp 0.07 0.00 2.47
Stichaeidae 0.07 0.00 0.27
Bivalvia 0.06 0.00 0.63
Mysidacea 0.05 0.00 2.32
Euphausiacea 0.05 1.00 1.53
Flathead sole 0.04 0.00 0.13
Bering Flounder 0.04 0.00 0.13
Misc Worm 0.04 0.00 0.39
Misc Crab 0.03 0.00 2.05
Misc Org 0.02 0.00 0.32
Polychaeta 0.02 0.00 1.73
Unid Eggs 0.01 0.00 0.39
Misc Anomura 0.01 0.00 1.30
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.01 0.00 0.26
Misc Mollusca 0.01 0.00 0.19
Sea Cucumber 0.00 0.00 0.22
Gammaridea 0.00 0.00 0.32
Misc Bird 0.00 0.00 0.65


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1998


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