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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 134
Number of Hauls: 11

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Ammodytidae 17.11 17.00 26.27
Paguridae 16.82 16.00 42.49
Misc Majidae 14.38 12.00 30.11
Cancridea 10.16 14.00 25.83
Walleye pollock 10.03 3.00 3.90
Osmerid 5.92 4.00 6.21
Agonidae 5.70 0.00 1.14
Arrowtooth flounder 4.17 0.00 1.52
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.94 5.00 10.33
Misc Shrimp 1.50 0.00 5.74
Misc Org 1.40 0.00 1.86
Misc Gadidae 1.35 1.00 11.32
Misc Mollusca 1.33 0.00 0.83
Clupeoidei 1.24 0.00 0.53
Misc Brachyura 0.70 0.00 12.83
Misc Crab 0.57 0.00 3.63
Zoarcoidae 0.57 0.00 0.61
Cnidaria 0.56 1.00 1.30
Stichaeidae 0.44 0.00 1.58
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.43 0.00 2.44
Pholidae 0.42 1.00 1.43
Misc Cephalopoda 0.30 0.00 2.16
Bivalvia 0.23 0.00 6.03
Polychaeta 0.23 0.00 3.08
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.21 3.00 4.83
Misc Teleost 0.20 2.00 14.25
Misc Worm 0.18 1.00 3.17
Pacific halibut 0.12 0.00 1.14
Cottid 0.11 1.00 2.60
Chionoecetes spp. 0.08 1.00 2.27
Sand Dollar 0.06 0.00 0.65
Opilio Crab 0.05 0.00 0.35
Gastropod 0.03 0.00 0.61
Misc Flatfish 0.03 0.00 1.30
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 1.14
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 1.30
Octopoda 0.00 0.00 1.52


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 1999


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