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Figure 4 



Frequency distribution of total lengths of (A) 84 male and 90 female prowfish from the 

 Gulf of Alaska (GOA; 1996) and (B) 396 males and 431 females from the Aleutian Islands 

 (AI; 1997). Gray bars show the percentage of male lengths and black bars the percentage 

 of female lengths within continuous 10-cm intervals (e.g. 25-35 cm). 



Food habits 



Fish used for diet study averaged 63.8 cm in total length 

 (range: 49-87 cm) in the Gulf of Alaska and 56.9 cm (range: 



30-79 cm) in the Aleutian Islands. The contents of 18 

 prowfish stomachs from the Gulf of Alaska and 58 from 

 the Aleutian Islands showed that jellyfish (999r and 31% 



