Appendix Table 4. — Percent frequency of occurrence of food fish categories in 38 stomachs of western North Atlantic Thunrum thynnua. 



Food fish categories 



%freq. 



Food fish categories 



%freq. 



Ophichthidae 



Myrophis punctatus 



iSternoptychidae 

 Argyropelecus aculeatus 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus sp. 

 Anotopteridae 



Anotopterus pharao 

 Scomberesocidae 



Scomberesox saurus 

 Anoplogasteridae 



Anoplogaster comutus 

 Lophotidae 

 Syngnathidae 



Hippocampus erectus 

 Carangidae 



Bramidae 

 3 Collybus drachme 



Pteraclis sp. 

 3 Taractes sp. 



Trichiuridae 

 8 Scombridae 



Auxis sp. 

 5 Balistidae (incl. Monacanthidae) 



Aluterus sp. 

 5 Monacanthus hispidus 



Xanthichthys ringens 

 5 Tetraodontidae 



3 Sphoeroides sp. 



Diodontidae 

 8 Molidae 



3 Mola mola 



Unidentified fishes 



3 

 5 

 3 



5 

 5 



6 

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Appendix Table 5.— Percent frequency of occurrence of food fish categories in 81 stomachs of western North Atlantic Alepisaurus. 



Food fish categories 



%freq. 



Food fish categories 



%freq. 



Ophichthidae 



Pisodonophis cruentifer 

 Muraenidae 



Uropterygius diopus 

 Argentinidae 

 Gonostomatidae 



Gonostoma sp. 

 Stemoptychidae 



Argyropelecus aculeatus 



Sternoptyx diaphana 

 Aulopidae 



Aulopus nanae 

 Paralepididae 



Lestidium affine 



Lestidium atlanticus 



Macroparalepis sp. 



Notolepis rissoi 



Paralepis sp. 



Paralepis breuirostris 



Paralepis coregonoides 



Paralepis elongata 

 Omosudidae 



Omosudis lowei 

 Alepisauridae 



Alepisaurus sp. 



Alepisaurus breuirostris 



Alepisaurus ferox 

 Anotopteridae 



Anotopterus pnarao 

 Myctophidae 



Lampanyctus sp. 

 Lophiidae 



Lophius americanus 

 Antennariidae 



Antennarius radiosus 

 Ogcocephalidae 



Halieutichthys aculeatus 

 Linophrynidae 



Linophryne sp. 

 Bregmacerotidae 



Bregmaceros sp. 

 Gadidae 

 Melanogrammus aeglefinus 



1 



Moridae 



Laemonema barbatula 





Anoplogasteridae 



1 



Anoplogaster comutus 



1 



Trachipteridae 





Trachipterus sp. 



1 



Syngnathidae 





Hippocampus erectus 



2 



Scorpaenidae 



25 



Serranidae 





Carangidae 



2 



Trachurus lathami 



5 



Vomer setapinnis 



1 



Bramidae 



1 



Pteraclis sp. 



4 



Pterycombus sp. 



5 



Lutjanidae 



6 



Pristipomoides sp. 



4 



Uranoscopidae 



33 



Kathestoma averruncus 



4 



Acanthuridae 



2 



Gempylidae 



1 



Diplospinus multistriatus 





Neolotus sp. 



4 



Neolotus tripes 



5 



Nesiarchus nasutus 



4 



Scombridae 





Auxis sp. 



1 



Scomber japonicus 





Stromateidae 



1 



Peprilus triacanthus 





Centrolophidae 



1 



Hyperglyphe perciformis 





Nomeidae 



6 



Nomeus sp. 



1 



Psenes pellucidus 



2 



Tetragonuridae 





Tetragonurus cuvieri 



2 



Bothidae 





Balistidae 



1 



Monacanthus tuckeri 





Tetraodontidae 



5 





6 

 2 

 2 



1 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 5 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 14 

 1 

 7 

 5 



1 

 2 

 2 



1 



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