/ CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Methods 



Results 



Food 



Gulf Stream flounder, Citharichthys arctifrons 



Summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus 2 



Fourspot flounder, Paralichthys oblongus 2 



Windowpane, Scophthatmus aquosus 3 



Witch flounder, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 4 



American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides 4 



Yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea 4 



Winter flounder, Pseudopteuronectes americanus 4 



Geographic comparisons 5 



Gulf Stream flounder 5 



Summer flounder 6 



Fourspot flounder 6 



Windowpane 7 



Witch flounder 7 



American plaice 9 



Yellowtail flounder 9 



Winter flounder 11 



Discussion 11 



Food 11 



Gulf Stream flounder 11 



Summer flounder 13 



Fourspot flounder 13 



Windowpane 13 



Witch flounder 13 



American plaice 14 



Yellowtail flounder 14 



Winter flounder 14 



Species comparisons 14 



Acknowledgments 15 



Literature cited 15 



Figure 



1. Five geographic areas of the northwest Atlantic composing the sampling area for flatfish food studies, 1969-72 2 



Tables 



1. Stomach contents of eight northwest Atlantic pleuronectiform fishes collected during the spring and autumn bottom trawl 

 survey cruises, 1 969-72 3 



2. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of Gulf Stream flounder, Citharichthys arctifrons, in the northwest Adantic 5 



3. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of fourspot floimder, Paralichthys oblongus, in the northwest Atlantic ... 6 



4. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of windowpane flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, in the northwest Adantic 7 



5. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of witch floimder, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, in the northwest Adantic . 8 



6. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides, in the northwest Adantic 9 



7. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea, in the northwest Atlantic .... 10 



8. Geographic breakdown of the stomach contents of winter flounder, Pseudopteuronectes americanus, in the northwest 

 Atlantic 12 



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