Table S10 Quantitative prey composition of thresher sharks, 167 and greater cm FL, in the California Current. A total of 62 stomachs containing food were examined. Prey items are shown by decreasing values of GII. See methods for descriptions of the measured values.
Prey Species / W (g) / %W / N / %N / F / %F / GII / IRI / %IRINorthern anchovy, Engraulis mordax / 4555.5 / 36.12 / 588 / 56.98 / 24 / 38.71 / 76.10 / 3603.79 / 73.06
Pacific sardine, Sardinops sagax / 2034.7 / 16.13 / 226 / 21.90 / 12 / 19.35 / 33.13 / 736.11 / 14.92
Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus / 1259.6 / 9.99 / 45 / 4.36 / 10 / 16.13 / 17.60 / 231.42 / 4.69
Pacific hake, Merluccius productus / 1975.1 / 15.66 / 42 / 4.07 / 4 / 6.45 / 15.12 / 127.29 / 2.58
Pacific saury, Cololabis saira / 618.1 / 4.90 / 69 / 6.69 / 7 / 11.29 / 13.21 / 130.82 / 2.65
Jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus / 895.7 / 7.10 / 3 / 0.29 / 3 / 4.84 / 7.06 / 35.77 / 0.73
Shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani / 160.0 / 1.27 / 37 / 3.59 / 4 / 6.45 / 6.53 / 31.32 / 0.63
Unidentified Teleostei / 61.2 / 0.49 / 6 / 0.58 / 6 / 9.68 / 6.20 / 10.32 / 0.21
Scombridae / 518.6 / 4.11 / 2 / 0.19 / 2 / 3.23 / 4.35 / 13.89 / 0.28
Market squid, Loligo opalescens / 21.8 / 0.17 / 5 / 0.48 / 3 / 4.84 / 3.17 / 3.18 / 0.06
Pacific Bonito, Sarda chiliensis / 444.4 / 3.52 / 1 / 0.10 / 1 / 1.61 / 3.02 / 5.84 / 0.12
Duckbill barracudina, Magnisudis atlantica / 0.1 / <0.01 / 3 / 0.29 / 2 / 3.23 / 2.03 / 0.94 / 0.02
Barracudinas, Paralepididae / 47.7 / 0.38 / 3 / 0.29 / 1 / 1.61 / 1.32 / 1.08 / 0.02
Topsmelt, Atherinops affinis / 18.0 / 0.14 / 1 / 0.10 / 1 / 1.61 / 1.07 / 0.39 / 0.01
Unidentified Teuthoidea / 1.2 / 0.01 / 1 / 0.10 / 1 / 1.61 / 0.99 / 0.17 / <0.01