Table 6. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 520 yellowfin 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 3— 

 Continued 



Table 6. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 520 yelloivfin 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 3 — 

 Continued 



Taxon 



Taxon 



Pteropoda 



Cavolinia sp. 



Cavoliiiia uncinata 



Atlantidae 



Tonnidae 



Tonna galea (larvae) __ 



Opisthobranchia 



Other mollusks 



Crustaceans: 



Stomatopoda (larval forms) 



Lyaiosquilla sp. 1 



Other Stomatopoda 366 



Decapoda 



Brachyura ( raegalopae ) _ _ 1 07 



Raninidae (megalopae) 29 



Lyrcidua sp. (megalopae) 1 



Grapsidae ( megalopae ) 4 



Anomura 



Paguridea (all Glaucothoe) 



Dardanua spp. 16 



Dardanus pcctinatus 12 



DardamiB arroaor 2 



Petrochirus pustulatua 4 



Diogenidae 1 



Other Anomura 31 



Macrura-Natantia (Caridea — 

 adults, juveniles, and larvae) 



Hctcrorarpua cnsifcr 26 



Prarhyrarpus hingiiiculatua 17 



Stenopus hiapidus 1 



Enoplomctopua sp. 



Lncifcr sp. 



Other Macrura-Natantia 

 Macrura-Reptantia (all 

 Phyllosomae) 



Scyllariia sp. 



Scylaridcs sp. 



PanuUrua risaoni 



Other Macrura-Reptantia 

 Amphipoda (Hyperiidea) 



Brachyacclua spp. 



Phrosina Bcmilunata 



Phronima scdctitaria 



Strcctaia challengcri 



PlatysccHua ovoidca 



Platysrelua arrratulna 



Oxycrphaliia clauaii 



Vibilia cultripcs 



Aitchylomcra blossci'iUei . 



Sympronoc parva 



Vibilia sp. 



Phronima spp. 



Pararpronoe cruatulum . 



Other Hyperiidea 



Euphausiacea 



Mysidaecea 



Copepoda 



Euchacta sp- 1 0.2 



Miscellaneous; 



Unidentifiable invertebrates 129 24.8 



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