Griffiths Life fiislory of Jhyisitcs atun 



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Table 4 



Stomach contonts of snock iThyrsites atun) sampled oH'shore of tlio 150-m isobath along thu west coast (regions 1-3) and the 

 western Agulhas Bank (regions 4 and 5) (1994-97). M = percent mass, F = percent frequency of occurrence, IRI = percent index of 

 relative prey importance at the species and at a higher (bold) taxonomic levels. '' = pelagic and '^ = demersal species. 



Two species of hake occur in South African waters— M. paradoxus and M. capensis-but owing to difficulty differentiating partially digested speci- 

 mens, they were not analyzed separately. 



