Table 3. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 3U7 skipjack 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 2 — 

 Continued 



Table 3. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 3^7 skipjack 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 2 — 

 Continued 



Taxon 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Tax on 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Volume 



No . 



Selar sp. 1 



Selar crumenopthalmus 2 



Other Carangidae 16 



Balistidae 



Baliatea spp. 17 



Baliates vetula 4 



Xarithirhthya ringena 1 



Other Balistidae 10 



Stromateidae 



Cubirepa spp. 20 



Cubieepa gracilia 1 



Other Stromateidae 3 



Tetraodontidae 



Sphacroidcs spp. 8 



Lagocephalua spp. 5 



Lagocephalns parhyccpkalua __ 1 



Other Tetraodontidae 9 



Priacanthidae 



Priaranthua spp. 6 



Priaranthua crncnaluB 2 



Priaranthua aTcnatua 1 



Parudopriacanthua altiia 4 



Other Priacanthidae 9 



Syngnathidae 



Syngnathua spp. 10 



Syngnathua floridac 2 



Hippocamptta spp. 1 



Hij>porampua erectua 2 



Other Syngnathidae 1 



Scorpaenidae 



Scorparna spp. ID 



Other Scorpaenidae 5 



Ostraciidae 



Lartnphrya spp. 10 



Kxocoetidae 



F.Tocortna obtuairoatria 1 



Hirundirhthya sp. 1 



Other Exocoetidae 7 



Congrldae 7 



Percoidei 7 



Molidae 



Hamania tnevia 3 



Other Molidae 1 



Bramidae 



Collyhua drachma 4 



Scombroi<lei 4 



Anguilloidei 3 



Coryphaenidae 



Corypkacna spp. 1 



Balistoirlei 1 



Diodontiflae I 



Paral4pi<iidae 1 



Hranrhinstctridae 



Malnranthua plumicri 1 



Chiasmorlontidae 1 



Caproidae 



Antifjonia caproa 1 



Ophichthidae 1 



Polynimidae 1 



Mollusks: 



Cephalopoda 



Octopoda 



Trernoetojiua violarrua 1 



Unirlentificd Octopoda 2 



Teuth'iidea 



Unidentified 



Ommastr<*[)hidae fi3 



lllri itlrrrbroana 2ft 



ftmmaatrrphi a spp. I 



Tnithoidea 4 



Other Cephalfjpoda 3-1 



(lastr'tpoda 



Hetcrtjpnda 



(Jryf/ynia kcraudrcni 6 



Atlantidae 1 



Ptcror»nda 



Cax-olinia unrinata 8 



iJiarrin triajnnoaa 1 



Tonnidac (larval fnrms) 



Tonna gulrn 1 



Other Tonnidae 1 



0.2 



Crustaceans: 

 Decapoda 



Brachyura (megalopae) _ 

 Unidentified Kaninidae 



( megalopae) 



Macrura-Natantia 



Caridea ( larvae) 



Macrura-Reptantia 



Unidentified ( Phyllosomae 

 Stomatopoda 



Unidentified Stomatopoda 



(larval forms) 27 



Amphipoda (Hiperiidea) 



Phronima acdciitaria 1 



Other Hyperiidea 4 



Isopoda 2 



Other crustaceans 17 



Table 4. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 39 yellowfin 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 2 



[Frequency of occurrence and volume are given for each taxon. 

 See figure 1 for location of area of sampling] 



Taxon 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Volume 



Per- 

 No. cent 



Ml. 



Fishes: 



Unidentifiable 33 



Carangidae 



Uccaptrrna spp. 4 



Dccaptcrns piimtatua 3 



Vomer acta)>mni3 3 



Caranx spp. 1 



Caranx hartholomaci 1 



lJrn3})is sp. 1 



Other Carangidae 11 



Serranidae 



Paranthias furcifrr 21 



Scomhridae 



Aiixis spp. 7 



Sromhcr spp. 1 



Other Scombridae 12 



ChaetrKiontirlae 



Holacanthua spp. 8 



Chartodnn .spp. 2 



Dactylopteridae 



Dartytoptcrua volitans 9 



Balistidae 



Haliatea spp. 3 



Xavthirhthys rinr/rua 2 



Aranthiijnatrr apheroidca 1 



Other Balistidae 1 



Rramidae 



Collybtis draihmc 5 



Colhjbux sp. 1 



Other Rramidae 1 



Oempylirlae 



firmpyhta acrprna 3 



Other Himpylidac 3 



Tetraoiiontidae 



Canthrrinra sp. 1 



Cavthmnra ptiflna 3 



Spharroidca spp. 2 



H(»l<»rpntrirlne 



-\fyTipTistiH jaroftua I 



HnlomUrua ap. 1 



Holorrnlriia aacrtiaionia 1 



Hnlocoi trna veTillnriua 1 



Other Holocentridac 1 



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