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Table 4 Frequency of occurrence (%F), number (%N), and weight (%W) of the prey items contributing to the diet of D. gigas from the industrial trawl fishery off southern-central Chile (n = 210 stomachs)

From: Biases in determining the diet of jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas (D’ Orbigny 1835) (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) off southern-central Chile (34°S–40°S)

Prey

%F

%N

%W

Teleostei

 Merluccius gayi a

100

57.1

92.2

 Diaphus sp.

2.4

28.6

1.6

 Hygophum sp.

0.5

1.4

2.3

Mollusca

 Dosidicus gigas

3.3

10.0

3.7

Crustacea

 Emerita analoga

0.5

1.4

0.05

 Decapoda

0.5

1.4

0.001

Total

 

70

2,482.5

  1. aTarget species in this fishery
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