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Table 2 



Stomach contents from 321 sandbar sharks Carcharhinus plumbeus captured in nearshore (<100m) 

 and offshore <>100m) waters between Cape Hatteras and Georges Bank. 



Food 



Items 



Vol. (mL) 



N 



Stomachs 



N 



Arthropoda 



Cancridae 

 Cancer sp. 

 Umdent. crab 



Isopoda 



Cephalopoda 

 Gonatidae 

 Ommastrephidae 

 Illex illecebrosus 

 Unident. squids 



Echinoderma 

 Scutellidae (sand dollars) 



Elasmobranchs 

 Squalus acanthias 

 Mustelus canis 

 Raja ennacea 

 Raja sp. 

 Dasyatidae 

 Skate eggs 



Teleosts 

 Congridae 



Ophichthus cruentifer 

 Clupeidae 

 Chauliodontidae 

 Lophius amencanus 

 Synodontidae 

 Gadidae 



Merlucaus bilmearis 

 Carangidae 

 Cottidae 

 Labridae 

 Ophidiidae 

 Pomatomus saltatn.x 

 Scombridae 



Scomber scombrus 

 Pepnlus triacanthus 

 Triglidae 

 Zoarcidae 



Macrozoarces amencanus 

 Bothidae 



Limanda ferruginea 

 Pleuronectidae 

 Teleost unident. 



Miscellaneous 

 Clam Shells 

 Marine mammal flesh 

 Animal remains 

 Trash 



Totals 



13 



246 



2365 



6785 



5190 



175 



192 



925 



55 



80 



75 



7445 



75 



1975 



100 



50 



965 



25 



30 



2792 



50 



1410 



100 



14 



410 



350 



1330 



4627 



2780 



4163 



55 



50 



390 



1 



46,127 



0.02 



0.53 

 5.12 

 14.71 

 11.25 

 0.37 

 0.41 



2.00 

 0.11 

 0.17 

 0.16 



16.14 

 0.16 

 4.28 

 0.21 

 0.10 

 2.09 

 0.05 

 0.06 

 6.05 

 0.97 

 3.05 

 0.21 

 0.03 

 0.88 

 0.75 

 2.88 



10.03 

 6.02 

 9.02 



0.12 

 0.10 

 0.80 

 0.00 



1.38 



0.93 



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