FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 70, NO. 3 



Appendix Table 4. — List of forage organisms found in stomachs from 43 yellowfin tunas, 

 collected off the west coast of Africa during cruise UN6802. Number of organisms, 

 frequency of occurrence, and percentage of total volume are given for each taxon. Size 

 ranges and mean sizes are given only for certain forage fishes. Fishes listed in decreasing 

 order of frequency of occurrence; crustaceans, mollusks, and miscellaneous groups are 

 listed by broad categories. 



Mollusks; 



Cephalopoda (adults and juveniles) 



Unidentified Cephalopoda 7 6 



Octopoda 



Argonauta argo 6 5 



Teuthoidea 



Ommostrephidae 10 2 



Ornitheteuthis antillarum 2 2 



Tetrenyekoteuthis dusumieri 1 1 



Unidentified Teuthoidea 4 4 



Miscel'laneous: 



Salpidae 4 3 



13.9 



11.6 



4.6 

 4.6 

 2.3 

 9.2 



6.9 



3.5 



165.5 



4.6 

 1.3 

 il.3 

 0.4 



0.3 



1.0 



46.3 



1.3 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 1.1 



0.1 



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