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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2008
Number of Full Stomachs : 539
Number of Hauls: 123

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Paguridae 23.24 23.00 41.67
Walleye pollock 18.74 10.00 16.35
Misc Flatfish 8.01 3.00 7.77
Misc Teleost 5.96 10.00 20.38
Opilio Crab 4.57 4.00 8.77
Tanner Crab 3.84 5.00 10.09
Pacific Cod 3.13 1.00 2.00
Chionoecetes spp. 2.88 4.00 8.79
Octopoda 2.61 1.00 3.61
Zoarcoidae 2.47 1.00 3.80
Misc Crab 2.45 2.00 4.59
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.37 5.00 10.67
Misc Gadidae 1.87 1.00 3.11
Offal 1.81 0.00 2.08
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.61 2.00 5.43
Misc Majidae 1.60 3.00 4.34
Cottid 1.48 0.00 2.38
Osmerid 1.17 0.00 1.67
Yellowfin sole 1.14 0.00 0.81
Mysidacea 1.04 2.00 7.91
Ammodytidae 1.02 2.00 3.01
Gastropod 0.92 1.00 3.34
Lepidopsetta sp 0.90 0.00 1.06
Cancridea 0.88 1.00 2.18
Northern rock sole 0.78 0.00 0.27
Agonidae 0.75 0.00 2.26
Misc Worm 0.62 0.00 1.82
Rajadae 0.52 0.00 1.22
Misc Cephalopoda 0.32 0.00 0.57
Fish Eggs 0.32 0.00 0.20
Clupeoidei 0.32 0.00 0.44
Misc Shrimp 0.26 0.00 2.85
Arrowtooth flounder 0.13 0.00 0.08
Stichaeidae 0.06 0.00 0.52
Misc Lithodidae 0.05 0.00 0.08
Polychaeta 0.04 0.00 1.20
Euphausiacea 0.04 0.00 1.45
Brittle Star 0.02 0.00 2.18
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.01 0.00 0.33
Bivalvia 0.01 0.00 0.81
Gammaridea 0.01 0.00 0.81
Misc Org 0.01 0.00 0.16
Flathead sole 0.01 0.00 0.08
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 0.31
Hyperiidea 0.00 0.00 0.08
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.20
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.09
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.08


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2008


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