Table 4. Squalus acanthias diet by fish weight.
| 655–1090 | 1095–1415 | 1425–2395 | 2400–3030 | 3100–5000 | |
| n | 60 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| Salpidae | 31.5c | 26.9c | 17.6c | 5.1 | 4.2 |
| Amphipoda | 6.2 | 6.8a | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| Copepoda | 11.6a | 15.6b | 0.6 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
| Euphausiacea | 19.0b | 11.3a | 8.5a | 11.6b | 8.6a |
| Reptant Decapoda | 3.1 | 3.9 | 8.1a | 5.1a | 8.2 |
| Merlucciidae | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 11.0a |
| Myctophidae | 8.3a | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Macrouridae | 0.5 | 5.2 | 8.8a | 13.5b | 4.6 |
| Discarded fishes | 0.0 | 8.6 | 8.6a | 22.0c | 20.4b |
| Teuthoidea | 6.9 | 13.8b | 14.8b | 8.5a | 27.2c |
| Octopoda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7a | 4.9 | 3.6 |
Mean of standardised percent prey weight within each fish weight (g) 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.