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Table B-23a. Diet composition and sampling data for silver hake by fish length category. (Samples gathered during 1977-80. Data expressed as 

 percentage of stomach content by weight. Squared brackets indicate major taxon subtotal; parentheses indicate minor taxon subtotal.) 



Stomach Contents 



<10 



11-15 



16-20 



Length Category (cm) 



21-25 



26-30 



31-35 



36-40 



41-45 



>45 



Total 



CEPHALOPODA 

 Loligo sp. 

 Cephalopoda unid. 

 CRUSTACEA [95.2] 



Cumacea ( 1 .6) 



Amphipoda (5.9) 



Parathemisto gaudichaudii 2.4 



Parathemisto spp. 2.7 



Gammarus annulalus 



Amphipoda unid 0.8 



Mysidacea (9.9) 



Mysis mixta 5.3 



Neomysis amencana 3.7 



Mysidacea unid 0.9 



Euphausiacea (66.9) 



Meganyctiphanes norvegica 45.2 



Nyctiphanes couchii 1 .6 



Thysanoessa inermis 2.4 



Thysanoessa raschii 9.4 



Euphausiacea unid. 8.3 



Decapoda (4.9) 



Pasiphaea multidentata 



Penaeidae 



Dichelopandalus leptocerus 



Pandalus borealis 



Pandalus monlagui 



Pandalidae <0.1 



Crangon septemspinosa 4.6 



Decapoda unid. 3 



Crustacea unid. (6.0) 



OSTEICHTHYES [2.5] 



Clupea harengus 



Etrumeus teres 



Clupeidae 



Anchoa hepsetus 



Merluccius bilinearis 



Urophycis sp. 



Ammodytes dubius 



Scomber scombrus 



Bothidae 



Osteichthyes eggs 



Osteichthyes unid. 2.5 



ANIMAL REMAINS AND MISC. [2.3] 



[92.2] 



(0.8) 



(9.0) 



5.3 



1.5 



<0.1 



2.2 



(4.0) 



0.8 



2.7 



0.5 



(60.2) 



45.0 



0.9 

 14.3 

 (9.0) 



2.2 



1.2 



4.1 



1.5 



(9.2) 



[6.1] 



[96.5] 



(0.1) 



(8.2) 



5.1 



1.6 



1.5 



(2.0) 



1.2 



0.7 



0.1 



(67.9) 



61.9 



0.7 



0.4 



4.9 



(15.3) 



13.5 

 0.1 



1.3 

 0.3 

 1 

 (3.0) 

 [2.6] 



0.3 



0.7 



5.4 

 [1.7] 



2.3 

 [09] 



[63.2] 



(<0.1) 



(0.6) 



<0.1 



0.4 



0.2 

 (0.3) 

 <0.1 

 <0.1 



0.3 

 (39.0) 

 37.5 



1.5 

 (20.3) 



1.7 



11.0 



1.2 



2.8 



0.9 



1.9 



0.8 



(3.0) 



[35.8] 



6.4 



0.9 



24.5 



4.0 

 [1.0] 



[3.4] 



3.4 

 [66.3] 

 (<0.1) 

 (1.9) 

 0.5 

 0.7 



0.7 

 (0.9) 



0.9 

 <0.1 

 (48.2) 

 44.5 



3.7 



(13.4) 



1.2 



4.1 

 1.1 

 0.7 

 0.8 

 2.8 

 2.7 

 (1.9) 

 [296] 



4.0 



5.8 



18.6 



<0.1 

 1.2 

 [0.7] 



[66.6] 

 (<0.1) 

 (2.2) 

 <0.1 

 0.2 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 (1-4) 

 <0.1 

 1.4 

 <0.1 

 (51.8) 

 51.7 



0.1 



(10.0) 



1.3 



2.5 

 2.9 



<0.1 

 0.3 

 2.0 

 1.0 



(1.2) 

 [32.4] 



11.1 



2.1 



4.3 



14.9 

 [1.0] 



[0.1] 



0.1 



[57.8] 



(<0.1) 



(0.4) 



<0.1 



<0.1 



0.4 



<0.1 



(<0T) 



<0.1 

 <0.1 

 (46.0) 

 44.3 

 1.5 



0.2 



(11.0) 



3.8 



3.8 



<0.1 

 0.6 



<0.1 

 2.6 

 0.2 



(0.4) 

 [416] 



3 1 

 0.5 

 11.8 

 5.0 

 3.4 



17.8 



[05] 



[2.1] 



1.6 



0.5 



[26.0] 



(<0.1) 



(0.4) 



<0.1 



0.4 



<0.1 



(<0T) 



<0.1 



(20.8) 

 20.8 



1.4 



0.3 



0.8 



1.2 



0.8 



<0.1 



(03) 



[70.9] 



12.6 



7.9 



9.4 



22.7 



183 

 [10] 



[144] 



13.1 



1.3 



[4.8] 



(<01) 



<0.1 



<0.1 



<0.1 



(<0T) 



<0.1 



(3.7) 

 3.7 



(4.5) (0.9) 



<0.1 

 0.2 



0.8 



(0.2) 

 [80.6] 



3.2 



20.1 



0.3 



10.2 



<0.1 



7.0 



39.8 

 [0.2] 



[7.7] 

 6.8 

 0.9 



[28.6] 

 (<0.1) 



(0.7) 

 0.1 

 0.1 

 0.2 

 0.3 



(0.2) 



<0.1 

 0.2 



<0.1 

 (21.9) 



21.2 

 0.2 



<0.1 



<0.1 

 0.5 



(5.2) 

 0.7 



<0.1 

 1.7 

 0.5 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 1.4 

 0.3 



(0.6) 



[63.0] 



4.7 



0.2 



115 

 0.1 

 7.5 

 0.1 



10.5 

 0.7 

 0.5 



<0.1 



27.2 



[0.7] 



Number sampled 

 Number empty 

 Mean stomach content (g) 

 Mean fish length (cm) 



196 



29 



0.045 



6 



425 



87 



0.109 



13 



2X0 



68 



0.251 



17 



266 



95 



0.495 



23 



323 



107 



0.819 



28 



373 



133 



.574 



33 



253 



83 



3.048 



37 



"2 



20 



11.004 



42 



75 



20 



36.325 



52 



2263 



642 



2.385 



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