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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 210
Number of Hauls: 37

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 20.37 10.00 16.26
Misc Flatfish 14.25 6.00 13.54
Paguridae 13.09 19.00 26.68
Misc Teleost 8.85 9.00 20.82
Crangonidae (shrimp) 6.87 15.00 26.20
Osmerid 4.34 1.00 3.51
Ammodytidae 3.99 2.00 4.39
Agonidae 3.85 1.00 3.02
Pacific Cod 3.59 1.00 3.92
Zoarcoidae 3.04 2.00 3.47
Offal 2.59 1.00 2.79
Tanner Crab 2.46 4.00 5.81
Mysidacea 1.97 10.00 11.32
Cottid 1.83 0.00 1.13
Yellowfin sole 1.59 0.00 0.27
Opilio Crab 1.57 0.00 1.87
Chionoecetes spp. 1.19 1.00 3.78
Misc Gadidae 0.79 0.00 1.60
Cyclopteridae 0.76 0.00 0.27
Misc Crab 0.66 1.00 3.40
Misc Shrimp 0.39 2.00 3.31
Cancridea 0.38 1.00 2.03
Stichaeidae 0.36 0.00 0.75
Teuthida 0.35 0.00 0.81
Octopoda 0.29 0.00 0.54
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.25 0.00 1.29
Misc Mollusca 0.13 0.00 1.08
Misc Majidae 0.06 0.00 0.68
Bivalvia 0.04 0.00 0.84
Misc Worm 0.03 0.00 0.54
Misc Echinoderm 0.02 0.00 0.34
Gammaridea 0.02 0.00 1.06
Polychaeta 0.00 0.00 0.45


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2006


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