FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 82, NO. 1 

 TABLE 5.— Composition of the diet of male silver hake in terms of percentage weight versus fish length. (+ indicates <0.1 %.) 



Length group (cm) 



Prey 5-10 



Polychaeta — 



Crustacea 19.2 



Amphipoda — 



Ampeliscidae — 



Oedicerotidae — 



Hyperudae — 



Other Amphipoda — 



Decapoda 0.3 



Crangonidae — 



Pandalidae — 



Pasiphaeidae — 



Other Decapoda 0.3 



Euphausiacea — 



Mysidacea 11.3 



Cumacea — 



Copepoda — 



Other Crustacea 7,6 



Cephalopoda — 4.4 02 83 2.5 



Lohgo — — — — — 8.1 — — 



Other Cephalopoda — — + 4 4 0.2 0.2 2 5 — 



Pisces 714 216 — 64 1 23.6 57 2 93 7 98.1 



Scomberesox saurus — — — — — — — — 



Clupeidae — — — — — — — — 



Merluccius bilmeans — — — 10.0 5 7.7 70.0 66.2 



Phycis chesten — — — — — — — — 



Ammodytes amencanus 



Scomber scombrus 



Stenotomus chrysops 



Pepnlus tnacanthus 



Other Pisces 

 Miscellaneous 94 



No. examined 



No. empty 



Mean stom. cont. wt. (g) 



Mean fish FL (cm) 



Polychaeta — — — — 0.4 1 + + 



Crustacea 8.7 100 75 2 27.9 39.9 13.0 2 0.2 



Amphipoda 0.3 — 0.3 1.8 1.3 0,8 + + 



Ampeliscidae — — — 07 0.5 02 + — 



Oedicerotidae — — — + 0.3 + + — 



Hyperudae 03 — 01 0.5 0.3 0.4 — — 



Other Amphipoda — — 0.2 6 0.2 0.2 + + 



Decapoda — 95.4 7 2 21.1 20.3 5 9 14 0.1 



Crangonidae — 95.4 18 6 6 5.1 19 0.2 + 



Pandalidae — — 4.7 12.9 13.3 3.1 1.1 0.1 



Pasiphaeidae — — — — — + — 



Other Decapoda — — 7 16 19 9 0.1 — 



Euphausiacea 7.5 4 66 8 3.3 13 5 5 2 0.6 1 



Mysidacea 0.9 — — 0.3 3.8 05 + + 



Cumacea — — — 0.1 + + 



Copepoda — — — — — — 



Other Crustacea — 6 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.6 + + 



Cephalopoda — — — 28.4 61 18.7 15.1 5.9 



Lohgo — — — 27 2 — 16.6 107 5.8 



Other Cephalopoda — — — 1.2 6.1 2.1 4.4 0.1 



Pisces 819 — 22.0 42.9 518 66.7 82 7 93.6 



Scomberesox saurus — — — — — — 6.1 — 



Clupeidae — — — — — 5.4 3 8 2 8 



Merluccius bilmeans — — — 31 9 5 6.6 20 8 — 



Phycis chesten — — — — — — — — 



Ammodytes amencanus 81.9 — — — 1 3 2 0.5 2 7 



Scomber scombrus — — — — — 7.3 9.5 9.3 



Stenotomus chrysops — — — — 16 — — 3.7 



Pepnlus tnacanthus — — — — — — 3.6 5.0 



Other Pisces — — 22,0 11.0 45 1 44,2 38.4 70.1 



Miscellaneous 9.4 — 2.8 0.8 18 1.5 0.2 0.3 



No. examined 9 3 22 113 202 259 126 103 



No. empty 2 3 45 83 1 20 54 47 



Mean stom. cont. wt. (g) 099 152 670 0.571 0.673 1.597 8.185 17 826 



Mean fish FL (cm) f^0 12.0 18.5 23.4 28 32.9 37.7 46 



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