Appendix Table 2. — Percent frequency of occurrence of food fish categories identified from 266 stomachs of western North 



Atlantic Thunnus albacaree by size range. — Continued. 





Size (cm FL): 



60.0-99.9 



100.0-119.9 



120.0-169.9 



Unknown 



Total 



Food fish categories No 



of specimens: 



58 



90 



63 



55 



266 



Coryphaenidae 















Coryphaena equiselis 









3 



2 



1 



Coryphaena hippurus 





2 



6 



6 



4 



5 



Bramidae (unid.) 





3 



1 



2 





2 



Collybus drachme 





5 



2 



6 





3 



Pteraclis sp. 











4 



1 



Pterycombus sp. 





26 



13 



3 





11 



Taractes sp. 











3 



< 1 



Lutjanidae 















Pristipomoides sp. 







1 







< 1 



Chaetodontidae (unid.) 





10 



1 



2 





3 



Centropyge argi 





5 



1 



2 





2 



Chiasmodontidae (unid.) 











11 



2 



Pseudoscopelus sp. 





16 



11 



3 





8 



Acanthuridae (unid.) 





9 



7 



2 





5 



Acanthurus coeruleus 











4 



1 



Acanthurus chirurgus 











2 



< 1 



Trichiuridae (unid.) 







1 







< 1 



Gempylidae (unid.) 









2 





< 1 



Diplospinus multistriatus 











6 



2 



Gempylus serpens 











3 



1 



Nealotus tripes 











3 



1 



Neasiarchus nasutus 











2 



< 1 



Scombridae 















Auxis sp. 





5 



3 



8 



7 



5 



Euthynnus alletteratus 









2 





< 1 



Katsuwonus pelamis 





2 



4 







2 



Thunnus atlanticus 









2 





< 1 



Xiphiidae 















Xiphias gladius 









2 





< 1 



Stromateoidei (unid.) 







2 



2 





2 



Nomeidae (unid.) 





2 



1 







1 



Tetragonuridae 















Tetragonurus cuvieri 







1 







< 1 



Bothidae (unid.) 





2 









< 1 



Tetraodontiformes (unid.) 





3 



3 







2 



Balistoidei (unid.) 







3 



3 





2 



Balistidae (including Monacanthidae) 





19 



24 



27 



3 



12 



Aluterus sp. 









3 



5 



2 



Batistes sp. 







1 



10 



3 



3 



Batistes capriscus 





2 



2 





9 



3 



Cantherhines sp. 









2 





< 1 



Canthidermis sp. 





5 



1 







2 



Canthidermis maculatus 





2 









< 1 



Monacanthus sp. 







6 



17 



5 



7 



Monacanthus ciliatus 









2 





< 1 



Monacanthus hispidus 











3 



< 1 



Xanthichthys ringens 







2 



3 





2 



Tetraodontidae (unid.) 





5 



2 







2 



Lagocephalus sp. 









5 



4 



2 



Sphoeroides sp. 





3 



8 







3 



Diodontidae 















D iod on sp. 





2 



2 



3 



2 



2 



Molidae (unid.) 





2 









< 1 



Mola mola 









2 





< 1 



Romania laevis 





2 



6 





2 



3 



Unidentified fishes 





21 



17 



25 



67 



30 



15 



