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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2011
Number of Full Stomachs : 357
Number of Hauls: 96

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Paguridae 20.89 20.00 39.37
Tanner Crab 11.49 10.00 15.57
Misc Teleost 8.08 6.00 21.07
Opilio Crab 7.09 6.00 8.41
Misc Majidae 6.27 6.00 7.77
Misc Flatfish 5.79 1.00 5.14
Ammodytidae 4.67 4.00 8.11
Walleye pollock 4.12 2.00 5.10
Chionoecetes spp. 3.41 2.00 7.98
Osmerid 3.27 1.00 5.44
Octopoda 3.14 1.00 3.26
Misc Crab 2.47 2.00 5.58
Offal 2.31 1.00 2.04
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.04 5.00 9.36
Cottid 1.79 0.00 2.32
Euphausiacea 1.52 6.00 4.27
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.18 1.00 3.92
Zoarcoidae 1.04 1.00 1.04
Yellowfin sole 1.03 0.00 0.44
Misc Worm 0.91 0.00 2.61
Gastropod 0.79 1.00 4.06
Agonidae 0.71 0.00 1.91
Red King Crab 0.68 0.00 0.30
Lepidopsetta sp 0.63 0.00 0.43
Misc Gadidae 0.61 0.00 0.35
Gammaridea 0.59 1.00 1.86
Clupeoidei 0.58 0.00 0.17
Misc Lithodidae 0.56 0.00 0.38
Fish Eggs 0.43 1.00 0.52
Polychaeta 0.35 1.00 2.73
Cancridea 0.30 0.00 1.31
Atka Mackeral 0.30 0.00 0.26
Mysidacea 0.25 4.00 7.03
Rajadae 0.16 0.00 0.26
Misc Cephalopoda 0.08 0.00 0.61
Misc Bird 0.07 0.00 0.26
Pacific sandfish 0.06 0.00 0.17
Misc Shrimp 0.04 0.00 1.91
Brittle Star 0.04 0.00 2.87
Cyclopteridae 0.03 0.00 0.52
Northern rock sole 0.02 0.00 0.10
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.10
Bivalvia 0.01 0.00 0.28
Misc Mollusca 0.01 0.00 0.13
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.00 0.00 0.26
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.52
Misc Org 0.00 0.00 0.15
Hyperiidea 0.00 0.00 1.04


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis, collected in 2011


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