Table 6. — Comparison of major billfish foods in 1970 with 

 those for 1967-1969 (n = no. of stomachs with food). 



Douglas Evans, Stewart Luttich, Howard Ness, and 

 David Tolhurst. Roger Cressey identified Phil- 

 ichthys xiphii and Ernest Iversen identified the 

 parasites Pandarus sp. and Nercila sp. 



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