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Table 18. — Percentage composition of the stomach con- 

 tents of 1 on gline-ca light yellow fin tuna and of the 

 catclic.s nf the d-foot 1 macs-Kid d trawl on John R. 

 Manning cruise 20, equatorial Pacific, 19o^'/ — Continued 



Organisms ' 



May 25: 



Loneline, station 13; trawl, station 14; 8 stomachs: 



SiptKiiiophora _. 



riiiietofaiatha 



Kuptuiusiacea -.. 



Unidciitifled Decapoda (Crustacea) 



Portunidae: Megalopa 



Funchalia taaningi , 



Sergestes sp 



HoplophoTUS typus--- - 



T'nidentifled Decapoda (MoUusca) - 



Unidentified Timicata 



Pyrosomatidae 



Salpidae , 



Trachi/pterus sp 



\'inciguerria Incetia _ 



Thysanoctis denttx 



Nemichthys scolopaceus 



Diaphus sp _ - -,- 



Cubiceps sp __ _ 



Nomeidae. 



Acanthuridae 



Molidae 



Oempulns serpens 



lialistidae _ 



Unidentified fish... 



May 26: 



LongHne. station 15; trawl, station 16; 5 stomachs: 



Siphonophora 



Chaetognatha 



Euphauslaoea _ 



Unidentified Decapoda fCrustacea) 



Oennadas scutatus .._ 



Serqestcs sp 



Unidentified Decapoda (Mollusca) 



VincigneTTia lucetia 



Echiostoma tanneri 



Photostomias sp 



Dinphus sp 



Nomeidae 



Bramidae 



GempyliJae-- 



Paralepididae 



Batistes sp 



Bali'^tidae 



retraodontidae.- 



Unidentified fish... _. 



May 27: 



Longline. station 17; trawl, station 18; 10 stomachs: 



Siphonopho-a _ 



Euphausiacta 



Unidentified Amphipoda 



PhTonima sp _ _ , 



Oenjiadns scutatus _ __ _. 



Sergestes sp. _ 



Iloplophorus typus— _ 



Unidentified Decapoda (Mollusca).. 



Unidentified Tunicata. _ 



Pyrosoniatidae 



Salpidae. 



Ptiotostomias sp 



Thysnnactis sp. 



Eiistomias «p 



Dinphvs sp.. 



Non^cidae 



Sternoptychidae 



Unidentified fish 



May 30: 



Longline, station 21; trawl, station 22; 12 stomachs: 



Siphonophora 



Chaetognatha 



Euphausiacea 



TTnidentified Decapoda (Crustacea) 



HoploptiOTHS foliaceus 



Funchalia taaningi 



Serges'cs sp 



Portunidae: Megalopa 



Uniclentified Decapoda (MoUusca) ._ 



P>Tosoniatidae 



Mnciguerrin Incetia _ 



Thysauactis dentex 



Photostotr.iag sp 



Diaphus sp . .___. 



Chaetodontidac 



Ranzania laevin 



Ballsttdao 



Tetraodontidao 



Stemoptyehldae 



Paralepididae 



Unldeutifled fish 



Stomach 

 contents 



Trawl 

 catch 



26 



2 



3 



S 

 15 

 5 

 2 

 10 



9 

 16 



69 



13 



2 

 6 



18 

 36 



Table 18. — Percentage composition of the stomach con- 

 tents of Ion gl in c-ca light yellowfin tuna and of the 

 ratrhes of the O-foot Isaacs-Kidd trawl on John R. 

 Manning cruise 20, equatorial Pacific, 195.', — Continued 



P>Tosomatidae 

 Diaphus sp 



