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

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 257 skipjack 

 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 yellowfin 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area 3 — 

 Continued 



Taxon 



Frequency 

 of 



occurrence 



Volume 



No . 



Caridea < larvae and juveniles ) 4 



BrachycarpuB 



biunguiculatuB 4 



Heterorarpua entifer 1 



Enoplometopus ap. 1 



Palaemonidae 1 



Stenopodidae 1 



Macrura-Reptantia (all 

 Phyliosoma larvae) 



SeyllaruM sp. 5 



PanuliruB Tiasoni 1 



Other Macrura-Raptantia __ 2 

 Amphipoda (Hyperiidea) (adults 

 and juveniles ) 



Brachyacelua spp. 27 



Phroaina aeTnilunata 20 



Phronima aedentar-ia 6 



Oxycephalua clauaii 5 



Platyecellua ovoidcs 5 



Streetaia challenger^ 3 



Strectaia porcela 2 



Anchylomcra blosaevillei 2 



Parapronoe CTitatulum 1 



Other Hyperiidea 67 



Euphausicea (adults) 2 



Mysidacea 3 



Miscellaneous: 



Unidentifiable invertebrates 59 22.9 



69.0 



3.3 



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

 of frequency of occurrence) found in 520 yellowfin 

 tuna stomachs with food, collected from area S 



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

 See figure 1 for location of area of sampling] 



Frequency 

 Taxon of 



occurrence Volume 



PCT- 



No. cent ML 



Fishes: 



Unidentifiable 268 51.5 



Carangidae 



Vomer sp. 3 0.6 



VoincT actapinnia 32 6.1 



Drcaptcrus spp. 5 0.9 



Selar crmncnopthalrnua 4 0.8 



IJraapis sp. 1 . 0.2 



Other Carangidae 11 2.1 



Tetraodontidae 



Sphacroidcs spp. 10 1.9 



Canthipastcr sp. 1 0.1 



CanthiqastcT ToatraUtB 3 0.6 



Lapoccphnlus lagorcphalua 1 0.2 



SphncToidts apcjiglcri 1 0.2 



Other Tetraodontidae 24 4.6 



Gempylidae 



Promcthirhthya prometheua 4 0.8 



Ncaiarchtia naaittiia 3 0.6 



Other Gempylidae 32 6.1 



Serranidae 



Anthiaa anthiaa .. .. 2 0.4 



Pnrayithiaa fiirdfcr 2 0.4 



Other Serranidae 18 3.5 



Piiacanthidae 



Priacartthiia spp. 4 0.8 



Priaranthua crjienatna 2 0.4 



Priaranthna arenatua I 0.2 



Coohcolna hoops 1 0.2 



Other Priacanthidae 10 1.9 



Scomhridae 



Anns spp. 5 0.9 



Scomber japoniens 2 0.4 



Ot her Scombridae 9 1.7 



Bramidae 



Collyhua drachme 8 1.5 



Pt€rycom.bua sp. 1 0-2 



Other Bramidae 1 0.2 



Per- 

 cent 



13.4 



Zeidae 



Zenion hololepia 



Dactylopteridae 



Dactylopterua volitana 

 Chaetodontidae 



Chaetodon spp. 



Chaetodon marcelac __ 



Bothidae 



Gonostomatidae 



Maurolicua sp. 



Maurolicua muUeri 



Other Gonostomatidae _ 

 Exocoetidae 



H irundichihya sp. 



Other Exocoetidae 



Scorpaenidae 



Scorpaena spp. 



Other Scorpaenidae 



Ostraciontidae 



Stromateidae 



Monacanthidae 



Congridae 



Arioaoma sp. 



Other Congridae 



Nomeidae 



Cubiceps spp. 



Cubicepa gracillia 



Chiasmodontidae 



Paeudoscopehta sp. 



Aulostomidae 



Anloatomua maculatua 



Anguilloidei 



Paralepididae 



Paralepia spp. 



Trichiuridao 



Acanthuridae 



AcantfiJirua monroviae 



Other Acanthuridae __ 

 Syngnathidae 



HipporampuB spp. 



Dortchthua spp. 



Grammicolepididae 



Xenolcpidichthya sp. __ 

 Ostraciidae 



Oatrarion sp. 



Scorpaenoidei 



Synodontidae 



Synodua spp. 



Uranoscopidae 



Triglidae 



Lepidotrigta spp. 



Pomacentridae 



Scombroidei 



Stomiatnidei 



Eugraulidae 



Caproidae 



Antigonia caproB 



Anoplogasteridae 



Callionymidae 



Holocentridae 



Holocentrna spp. 



Bcrycoidci 



Blenniidae 



nicnniua spp. 



Balistidae 



Frequency 



of 

 occurrence 



Volume 



Per- 

 No. cent 



Mollusks (juveniles and adults) : 



Cephalopoda f adults and juveniles) 



Octopoda 



A rqonaitta sp. 



Other Octopoda 



Teuthoidea 



Omma-strephidae 



Ornmastrcphea spp. 



Ommaatrcphca ptcropua 



lUcx illccehrosna 



Ahrnlia sp. 



Sepioidea 



Other Teuthoidea 



Other cephalopods 1 



Gastropoda 



Heteropoda 



Oxygyrua keraiidretii 6 



Ml. 



PCT- 



cent 



<0.1 



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