STICKNEY, TAYLOR, and HEARD: FOOD HABITS OF FOUR FLOUNDERS 



Table 1. — Occurrence of organisms appearing in 1% or more of the stomachs examined, or representing 1% or more of the total 

 number of food organisms recovered from the stomachs of one or more of the four species of Bothidae under investigation.* 



Osteichthyes: 

 Symphurus plagiusa 

 Anchoa mitctiilli 

 Cynoscion sp. 

 Sciaenidae remains 

 Gobiidae remains 

 Unidentified remains 



Others 



0.0 



0.0 



0,0 



0,7 



0,0 



0,5 



0.0 



0.0 



Empty stomachs 



26,5 



7,6 



309 



35.2 



'The total number of stomachs analyzed for each species were: E. crossotus. 421 : C, spilopterus. 210; A. quadrocellata. 217: and S, aquosus. 105, 

 The total number of organisms obtained from the stomachs of fishes examined were: E. crossotus, 8,734; C, spilopterus. 2,442; A. quadrocellata, 

 1,490; S aquosus. 2,209, 



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