Table 3. Squalus acanthias diet by longitude.
| 173.9–175.0°E | 175.3–177.4°E | 177.8°E–178.8°W | 178.9–177.8°W | 177.9–175.6°W | |
| n | 54 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 59 |
| Salpidae | 9.6a | 3.8 | 26.9c | 19.3b | 23.8c |
| Copepoda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.4b | 21.5c | 0.2 |
| Euphausiacea | 24.6c | 24.3c | 2.8 | 3.4 | 6.4 |
| Reptant Decapoda | 11.3a | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 5.8 |
| Merlucciidae | 4.0 | 7.0a | 3.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| Macrouridae | 8.1a | 13.0b | 8.1a | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Discarded fishes | 3.7 | 8.7a | 6.8a | 23.8c | 15.3b |
| Teuthoidea | 18.7b | 14.0b | 9.3a | 7.9 | 22.4c |
Mean of standardised percent prey weight within each longitude group, for the prey types together contributing at least 90% of the SIMPER within group similarity for one or more groups. SIMPER percentage contribution to within group similarity:
a
3–10%;
b
10–30%;
c
>30%; no superscript, not identified by SIMPER as characteristic for that group; n, sample size.