JUDKINS and FLEMINGER: FOREGUT CONTENTS OF Sergestes similis 



vide a coherent pattern of prey organisms con- 

 sisting principally of the larger, commoner spe- 

 cies of calanoid copepods inhabiting the upper- 

 most 200 to 300 m of the California Current 

 region. However, it is likely that feeding by 

 S. similis in the net while it is being towed may 

 explain the greater number and diversity of prey 

 items in net-caught shrimp. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank Dr. R. M. Laurs and R. N. Nishi- 

 moto, NMFS Fishery Oceanography Center, La 

 Jolla, for providing us with the albacore-caught 

 S. similis. This research was supported by the 

 Marine Life Research Group, SIO, and by the 

 National Science Foundation, including the Sea 

 Grant College Program. 



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