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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2003
Number of Full Stomachs : 237
Number of Hauls: 87

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 33.00 23.00 32.54
Paguridae 16.36 20.00 35.90
Misc Teleost 8.27 11.00 24.11
Crangonidae (shrimp) 5.28 6.00 9.57
Tanner Crab 4.90 7.00 12.31
Octopoda 4.13 2.00 5.99
Chionoecetes spp. 3.47 3.00 6.15
Offal 3.12 1.00 3.20
Osmerid 2.78 1.00 2.19
Opilio Crab 2.75 3.00 5.56
Ammodytidae 2.70 2.00 3.35
Misc Flatfish 2.41 1.00 2.44
Misc Shrimp 2.41 3.00 3.89
Misc Gadidae 2.30 0.00 1.60
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.78 1.00 2.76
Cottid 1.20 0.00 0.77
Agonidae 0.82 0.00 0.51
Yellowfin sole 0.81 0.00 1.31
Zoarcoidae 0.37 0.00 1.64
Euphausiacea 0.32 1.00 0.38
Clupeoidei 0.20 0.00 0.29
Misc Mollusca 0.17 0.00 1.15
Misc Cephalopoda 0.10 0.00 0.55
Stichaeidae 0.06 0.00 0.19
Mysidacea 0.06 1.00 1.34
Cancridea 0.06 0.00 0.43
Misc Majidae 0.04 0.00 0.74
Gastropod 0.04 0.00 0.72
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.03 0.00 0.38
Misc Brachyura 0.02 0.00 1.15
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 1.38
Polychaeta 0.01 0.00 1.26
Misc Worm 0.01 0.00 0.14
Gammaridea 0.00 0.00 0.19
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.23


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2003


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