Table B-6b. Diet composition and sampling data for Atlantic sharpnose shark by geographic area. (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.) 



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Stomach Contents 



Offshore 

 South 

 of Cape 

 Hatteras 



Geographic Area 



Inshore 

 South 

 of Cape 

 Hatteras 



Inshore 

 North 

 of Cape 

 Hatteras 



CESTODA 

 RHYNCHOCOELA 

 NEMATODA 

 MOLLUSCA 

 Gastropoda 

 Cephalopoda 



Illex sp. 



Loligo sp. 



Cephalopoda unid. 

 Mollusca unid 

 CRUSTACEA 

 Cirripedia 

 Stomatopoda 



Squilla empusa 

 Decapoda 



Libinia emargmata 



Penaeidae 



Pandalidae 



Pagurus sp. 



Paguridae 



Sicyonia sp. 



Ovalipes ocellatus 



Portunus gibbesii 



Crab unid. 



Shrimp unid. 



Decapoda unid. 

 Crustacea unid. 

 OSTEICHTHYES 



Etrumeus teres 



Clupeidae 



Anchoa hepsetus 



Engraulidae 



Syngnathidae 



Sciaenidae 



Astroscopus guttatus 



Citharichthys arctifrons 



Pleuronectiformes 



Monacanthus hispidus 



Sphoeroides maculatus 



Osteichthyes unid. 

 ANIMAL REMAINS 

 SAND 



[<0.1] 



[0.2] 

 (0.2) 



0.2 

 <0.1 



[4.8] 



(3.3) 



3.3 



(1.5) 



1.5 



[86.0] 



1.2 



28.5 



12.9 

 16.8 

 26.6 

 [9.0] 



[<0.1] 

 [<0.1] 

 [16.0] 



(1.7) 

 (14.0) 



<0.1 

 4.8 

 9.2 



(0.3) 



[6.3] 

 (<0.I) 



(5.7) 

 1.7 



<0.1 



<0.1 



0.4 



2.7 



0.2 



<0.1 



0.7 



(0.6) 



[76.0] 



0.9 

 6.2 



[0.3] 



1.4 



67.5 

 [1.7] 



(0.3) 

 [22.1] 



(22.1) 



5.8 



14.3 

 2.0 



<0.1 



(<0.1) 



[77.1] 



6.0 



1.2 



30.8 



3.9 



35.2 



[0.1] 



[04] 



Number sampled 

 Number empty 

 Mean stomach content (g) 

 Mean fish length (cm) 



9 







29.374 



89 



60 

 18 



4.387 

 63 



16 



4 



11.087 



83 



