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FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Appendix Table 5. — Summary of stomach contents and sexual condition of the POFI specimens 



Specimen 



Istiompai 

 marlina: 

 No. 1... 

 No. 2... 

 No.3-- 

 No. 4.-- 

 No.5..- 

 No.6..- 

 No 7-.- 

 No.8... 

 No. 9... 

 No. 10-- 

 No. 11-- 



Maktira 

 audai: 

 No. 1. 



No. 2.. 

 No. 3-. 

 No. 4.. 

 No. S.- 



No. 6.- 



No. 10. 

 No. 11. 



No. 12. 

 No. 13. 



No. 14. 

 No. 15. 

 No. 16. 

 No. 17. 



No. 18. 

 No. 19. 



No. 20. 



No. 21. 

 No. 22. 

 No. 23. 

 No. 24. 



No. 25. 



Makaha 

 ampta: 

 No. 2- 



No. 3. 



No. 4-. 

 No. 5. - 

 Xo. 6. . 

 No. 7.. 



No. 8.. 

 No. 9. . 



No. 

 No. 



No. 12. 

 No. 13. 



No. 14. 

 No. 16. 



Stomach contents 



Empty... 



1 aku (30 em.) 



Empty 



1 Mola (18").-. 



No data 



2 Mola; 1 squid (8 cm.). 



1 Mola (51b.) 



Albacx)re (94 cm.) 



Fish remains 



Empty 



Large fish skeleton; 6 



vertebrae (5 cm.); fin 

 rays (8"). 



1 squid; 2 tunas (juven- 

 ile), 



50% fish; 50% squid 



Anns and bramid 



1 fish (100 lb.) 



Empty 



2 fish remains; 1 tuna- 

 like fish. 



2 tunalike fish (35 and 



32 cm.) 

 1 Auiis (33 cm.); 1 squid 



with 8 cm. mantle; 



fish hones. 

 Fish remams 



No data.. 



Squid and seombrid fish. 



Empty 



do 



Flying fish remains; car- 

 apace of large shrimp. 



Empty 



No data 



Afola (45 cm.); fish re- 

 mains. 



1 small seombrid 



No data 



40% fish; 60% squid.... 



Empty. 



do 



2 squid (5 cm.); remains 



1 small Mola. 



20% squid: 80% fish; re- 

 mains 1 surgeonfish 

 (5 em.). 



45% fish: 55% squid 



100% fish 



Empty.- 



Bait; squld;2scombrids 



(6"). 

 Tunicates - 



3 squid (6 cm. each); 3 

 fish (10-15 cm. each) 

 well digested. 



1 tunalike fish (20 cm.)-- 

 1 gem)iylid (30 cm.); 2 

 fish (4 cm. each). 



No data 



Fish vertebrae: squid; 



2 (4") flsh. 



Bait 



Fish remams, including 



2 Mola (1 about 30 



cm.). 



Sex 



Male 



? 



Male 



Female- 



Female-. 

 do— 



Female- 



Male 



Female-. 



Male 



Female- . 



do-.. 



Female.. 



do-. 



do-- 



? 



Female- 



? 



? 



7 



Male., 



.do., 

 -do-. 



?- 

 Female- 



Male--- 

 ---.do- 



.do. 

 .do- 



Female. 



Male-.- 

 - do- 



Sexual condition 



No data. 



Maturing. 



Immature. 



Not active. 



No data. 



Gonads very thin. 



Immature. 



No data. 



Not active. 



Immature. 



Not active. 



Immature. 



No data. 

 Very immature. 

 Immature. 

 No data. 

 Do. 



Testes (8 mm. di- 

 ameter) with milt. 

 Not active (ovary 

 1 X 4 X 25 cm.). 



Small testes (1 cm. di- 

 ameter) with milt and 

 fatty appearance. 



Ovaries enlarged, but 

 not near spawning 

 (6x3 cm. diameter). 



Immature. 



No data. 



Immature. 

 Do. 



Not quite mature. 



Immature. 



Ova not visible to 



naked eye. 

 Immature. 

 No data. 

 Mature. 

 No data. 

 Do. 



Immature. 



Milt m center gonad. 



Young. 

 Little milt. 

 No data. 

 Immature. 



Maturing. 

 Milt spurts from 

 duct. 



No data. 



Milt in lumen of 



testes. 

 Maturing. 

 No data. 



Do. 

 Testes pmk with fatty 

 appearance, milt in 

 central duct. 



Specimen 



Makaira 

 ampla — 

 Continued 

 No. 16... 



No. 17. 



No. 18. 

 No. 19. 

 No. 20. 



No. 21. 



No. 22- 

 No. 23- 



No. 24. 

 No. 25. 

 No. 26. 

 No. 27. 

 No. 28. 

 No. 29. 

 No. 30. 

 No. 31. 

 No. 32. 



No. 33- 

 No. 34- 

 No. 36. 



No. 37-- 

 No. 38-. 

 No. 39- - 



No. 40- 

 No. 41- 

 No. 42- 



No. 44- 



No. 45. 

 No. 46. 



No. 47- 

 No. 48. 

 No. 49. 

 No. 50. 

 No. 51. 

 No. 52. 

 No. 53. 



No. 54.. 



No. 55- 



No. 56. 

 No. 58. 

 No. 60. 

 No. 61. 

 No. 62. 

 No. 63. 

 No. 64. 



No. 66. 

 No. 67. 

 No. 68. 



Stomach contents 



Fish remains, including 

 1 Coryphaena (about 

 30 cm.). 

 4 small squid (6 cm.) ; re- 

 mains of 1 flsh (3 cm.). 



Empty 



1 small unidentified fish. 

 1 unidentified flsh (10 



cm.). 

 Almost empty; frag- 

 ments of fish; squid 

 remams. 



No data 



3 unidentified flsh (about 

 15 cm. each). 



80% fish; 20% squid 



Nodata 



Iflsh (15 cm.) 



Empty 



do - 



1 Katsuwonus (?) (2 Ib.). 



Empty 



Fish vertebrae 



90% fish; 5% squid; 5% 

 crustaceans. 



Empty ,- 



1 small Coryphaena 



50% cephalopods; 50% 

 f)sh, including 1 Cory- 

 phaena (15 cm.). 



Empty 



Octopus (H lb.) - 



90% fish; 10% cephalo- 

 pods. 



Empty 



2 baits 



5 Auxis (33 cm., 



avg.)- 



2 pieces bait; 1 small 



xmidentified fish. 

 Empty 



2 Ka tsuwonus (1 about 

 65 cm ., other d igested) . 



Empty—, 

 -.--do-- 



do... 



No data. 



---do.-- 



Empty... 



----do.... 



1 tun? (42 em.)- 



No data. 



----do 



1 bait -- 



Nodata-- 



Empty 



---do 



Fish bones and squid . . 

 1 Katsuwonus (66 cm.). 



1 Kalsuwonus (28 em.) . 



1 Katsuiomius (81b.) 



Nodata 



Sex 



Male., 



-do. 



-do- -. 

 -do—, 

 -do.... 



-do—. 



-do.— 

 -do— 



-do... 



Male... 



do- 



do- 



? 



•? 



Male.. 



Female- 

 Male 



----do.. 



do... 



do-.. 



Female- 



Female- 



-do- 



Female-. 

 ....do... 

 .---do... 

 ....do... 

 ....do... 



-do- 



do- 



do- . 

 -do-, 

 -do- 

 .do.. 



?. 

 ?. 

 Female. 



-do- 



Female.. 



Sexual condition 



Milt runnmg from 

 cut testes. 



Milt m testes. 



No data. 

 Do. 

 Milt in testes. 



Do. 



Do. 



Mature. 



No data. 

 Do. 

 Very immature. 

 No data. 

 Immature. 

 No data. 

 Milt in testes. 

 No data. 

 Slightly running milt. 



Immature. 



Very immature. 



Milt flow-s freely 

 when cut; testes en- 

 larged ( 6 cm. di- 

 ameter) . 



Immature. 



Milt in testes. 



Testes with ruiming 

 milt when cut 

 (about 4 cm. di- 

 ameter) . 



No milt visible. 



Milt in testes. 



Not active (ovary 3 cm. 

 diameter). 



No data. 



Do. 



Gonad with thick 

 wall: mside like 

 nonspawnmg tuna 

 ovary. 

 No data. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Mature. 

 Not ripe. 

 No data. 



Gonad enclosed in heavy 

 connective tissues; 

 semicylindrical; 

 does not appear 

 fatty as males. 

 Not active (ovary 

 about 2^*2 cm. di- 

 ameter) . 

 Eggs visible to 



naked eye. 

 No data. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Immature. 

 Not active (ovary 



2x 4cm. diameter). 

 No data. 

 Spent. 

 Not active. 



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