APPENDIX 



Table 11. — Check-list of food organisms found in the stomachs of 439 yellowfin and 166 bigeye tuna captured on longline in 



the Central Pacific, 1950-53 



IFamily names of fishes are as given in Berg 1947] 



Food organisms 



Yellowfin 



Number 

 of organ- 

 isms 



Stomachs in which 

 occurred 



Number 



Aggregate total 

 volume 



Cubic 

 centi- 

 meters 



Bigeye 



Number 

 of organ- 

 isms 



Stomachs in which 

 occurred 



Number 



Percent 



Aggregate total 

 volume 



Cubic 

 centi- 

 meters 



Percent ' 



CTENOPHORA... 



ARTHROPODA 



Crustacea - - - - 



Mysidacea; 



Mysidae: 



jV/V5i« sp - 



Unidentified mysids 



Isopoda: 



Idotheidac- , - -.- --- 



Cymotheidae 



Tanaidac — 



Unidentified isopods 



Amphipoda: 



Hyperiidae... 



Oammaridae: 

 Oammarus sp 



Lysianissidae 



Phronlmidae: 



Phrouima sp.. 



Unidentified Phronlmidae.. 



Caprellidae: 



Caprella sp .-- 



Unidentified Caprellidae 



Unidentified amphipods 



Euphfiusiacea: 



Euphausiidae: 

 Eitphaiista sx) 



Unidentified euphausids 



Decapods' 



Penaeidae: 



Penaeus &ii .- — 



Unidentified Penaeidae 



Palaemonidae; 



Palnemou sp 



Unidentified Palaemonidae.. 



Hippolytidae 



Nephropsidae; 



Enoplometopus sp 



Unidentified Nephropsidae.. 



Palinuridae: 



Panulinis si) 



Unidentified Palinuridae 



Megalopa larvae 



Phyllosoma larvae 



Unident ified decapods 



Stomatopoda 



Squiliidae; 



SQuilla sp-... 



.S. alba 



PseudosquiUa sp 



P. occulta 



Lysiosquilla sp 



CoTon irfn sp 



Gonodaclylus sp 



G. guerini.. 



Odonlodacti/lus sp 



O. hensenii. 



Unidentified stomatopods... 



lUiidentified crustaceans. 



MOLLUSCA 



ilastropoda 

 Heteropoda 



Atlantidae 



Pterotracheidae: 

 PterolTachea sp 



Unidentified heteropods 



Pteropoda 



Spiratellidae 



Unidentified pteropods 



See footnote at end of table. 

 82 



[1,761] 



8 

 52 



175 



27 



1 



54 



17 

 519 



170 

 2 



2 



2 



139 



1 



212 



2 



48 



1 

 2 

 6 

 7 

 2 

 10 

 32 

 1 



18 



2 



4 



(3, 537] 



[188] 



[42.8] 



0.2 

 0.5 



10. n 

 0.5 

 0.2 

 2.7 



0.5 



1.4 

 2.3 



14.1 

 0.5 



0.2 

 0.5 

 6.-" 



1.1 

 2.3 



0.2 

 2.1 



1.6 

 0.9 

 0.2 



0.7 

 0.2 



0.2 

 0.2 

 7.1 

 0.5 

 2.3 



0.9 

 0.2 

 0.5 

 0.7 

 0.9 

 0.5 

 1.8 

 1.6 

 0.2 

 1.6 

 0.5 

 0.7 



3.4 



0.2 

 5.5 



0.5 

 0.2 



[496. 1] 



6.3 

 4.9 



34.4 

 1.6 

 0.1 



11.4 



2 



13.9 

 167.6 



43.6 

 0.3 



0.1 



1.0 



34.4 



11.5 

 17.7 



1.4 

 9.3 



11.5 

 3.8 



7.5 



2.5 

 0.5 



0.9 

 OS 



42 

 0.2 



36.4 



1. 

 0. 

 0. 

 3. 

 3. 

 0. 

 2. 

 7. 

 0. 

 6. 

 0. 

 0. 

 [16, 275. 



0.3 

 92.0 



0.7 

 5.0 



[111 



1 

 [67] 



0.6 

 [40.4] 



0.1 

 [3S8. 0] 



103 



7.2 

 0.6 



3.7 

 0.4 



2.1 



0.4 



1.2 

 1.8 



1.1 

 1.0 



33 



93 

 168 



1.2 

 9.0 



3.0 



9.0 



4.8 

 0.6 



4.7 



27.0 

 53.9 



116.8 

 103.3 



34.2 



0.2 



[36. 4] 



0.6 



38.5 



0. 1 

 2 



0.5 

 0,5 



1 

 [910] 



0.6 



1.0 



[7, 997. 3] 



(35. 9] 



