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

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 39 yellowfin 



tuna stotnachs with food, collected from area 2 — 

 Continued 



Table 5. — List of forage organisms (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 257 skipjack 

 tuna stojnachs with food, collected from area 3 — 

 Continued 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Volume 



Taxon 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Volume 



Acanthuridae 



Arayitktirtia bahianua __ 



Acanthiirua chinigus 



AranthuTiis spp. 



Othir Acanthuridae 



SynRnathidae 



Sytigtiathua spp. 



Stromateidae 



Cubiceps spp. 



Other Stromatetdat- 



Molidae 



Mastnriis lanccolatua 



Other Molidae 



Congridao 



Monacanthidae 



Ostraciidae 



Lartophrya spp. 



Priacnnthidae 



Psciidopriacanthua altua 



Fistulariidae 



Anjfuilloidei 



Belonidae 



Curyphaenidae 



Corypliaf}ia spp. 



Pomacentridae 



h'upomarctitrua sp. 



Chiasmodontidae 



Pscudoacopclua sp. 



MoUusks; 



Cephalopoda 

 Teuthoidea 



Ommastrephidae 



IHcx iUccfhroaus 



Enoploteuthidae 



Other Teuthoidea 



Other Cephalopoda 



Crustaceans: 



Decapoda 



Brachyura ( megalopae) 

 Raninidae ( megalopae) 

 Grapsidae ( megalopae) 



Stomatopoda (larval forms) 



Macrura-Natantia 



Penaeidae 



Ccrataspia sp. 



Ceratasfjis pititi __ 



Amphipoda (Hyperiidea) 



Mysidacea . - . 



Miscellaneous: 



Unidentifiable invertebrates 



Table 5. — List of forage organisyyis (arranged in order 

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 257 skipjack 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 3 



IFrequency of occurrence and volume are given for each taxon. 

 See figure 1 for location of area of sampling] 



Frequency 

 Taxon of 



occurrence Volume 



No. 



Per. 



cent 



Fishes : 



Unidentifiable 91 35.4 



Gempylidae 



Promethichthya sp. 1 0.4 



Promcthichthya promcthcna 5 1.9 



Ncsiarch us sp. 1 0.4 



Gcmpylua scr}>cna 1 0.4 



Other Gempylidae 9 3.5 



Carangidae 



Vomer scta}>imiia 11 4.3 



Selrtic vonttr 1 0.4 



Prcaptcriia spp. 1 0-4 



Other Carangidae 3 1.2 



Serranidae 9 3.5 



Per- 

 Ml. cent 



20.3 



No . 



Acanthuridae 



Acanthurua spp. 2 



Acanthnrua •monroviae 6 



Scombridae 



Auiia spp. 2 



Ku th yti una allcttcra tua 1 



Other Scombridae 4 



Tetraodontidae 



Sphacroidca spp. 3 



Other Tetraodontidae 3 



Bothidae 6 



Bramidae 



Collybua drachme 1 



Brama rayi 1 



Other Bramidae 3 



Anguilloidei 3 



Chiasmodontidae 



Pacndoaropclua sp. 3 



Syngnathidae 



Hiitpocampus spp. 1 



Other Syngnathidae 2 



Scorpaenidae 



Srorparna spp. 2 



Other Scorpaenidae I 



Dactylopteridae 



Dactyloptcrua volitana 3 



Chaetodontidae 



Chactodon spp. 2 



Priacanthidae 2 



Paralepididae 



Parah-pis spp. 1 



Other Paralepididae 1 



Monacanthidae 



Movacanthus spp. 1 



Balistidae 1 



Trichiuridae 1 



Synodontidae 



Synodtia spp. 1 



Congridae 1 



Myctophidae 1 



Mollusks: 



Cephalopoda (adults and juveniles) 



Octopoda 



Arfjonauta sp. 1 



Other Octopoda 1 



Teuthoidea 



lllcx illccrcbroaita 8 



Ommastrephidae 5 



Ommaatrcphca ptcropua 1 



Other Teuthoidea 2 



Gastropoda ( adults ) 



Heteropoda 



Oxygyrua kcraudreni 13 



Atlanta sp. 4 



Protattanta sp. 1 



Allan tidae 1 



Pteropoda 



Diacria triapinoaa 9 



Cai'olinia spp. 5 



Cavolinia lovgirostria 3 



Cavolinia ujicinata 5 



Opisthobranchia 1 



Other Cephalopoda 40 



Other mollusks 2 



Crustaceans: 



Stomatopoda (larval forms) 122 



Decapoda 



Brachyura (megalopae) 110 



Raninidae (megalopae) 8 



Grapsidae ( megalopae) 1 



Anomura 



Paguridea (all Glaucothoe) 



Dardanna spp. 3 



Dardanua arroaor 1 



Dardanna pcctinatua 6 



Pctrorhirna puatulatus 3 



Diogenidae 1 



Macrura-Natantia 



Penaeidae (all larvae) 



Cerataspta spp- 1 



Ceratasjtia monatroaa 1 



Other Macrura-Natantia _ _ 2 



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