. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 176 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Other individuals, not tagged but recognizable by anatomical characteristics and scars, were observed at particular sites for up to a month. Wolf-eels probably forage over wide areas during their occupation of a territory because nearly all of those collected contained an appreciable amount of food in their stomachs and the abundance of major prey in any given area was low. By returning repeatedly to speci
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 176 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Other individuals, not tagged but recognizable by anatomical characteristics and scars, were observed at particular sites for up to a month. Wolf-eels probably forage over wide areas during their occupation of a territory because nearly all of those collected contained an appreciable amount of food in their stomachs and the abundance of major prey in any given area was low. By returning repeatedly to specific sites for periods of several days to several weeks, the fish displayed a strong homing behavior. iOOi C. gracilis D. excentricus Octopus /. pilosus. Bivalves Po tin ices spp. — % F 0 % FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE FIGURE 2. Index of relative importance (Pinkas, Oliphant, and Iverson 1971) for major prey items found in Anarrhichthys ocellatus stomachs. Because all wolf-eels encountered during our daylight (morning) dives were sedentary and consistently ignored food items (such as crabs) offered to them, and because most of those collected had relatively full stomachs, we believe that this species, at least in our study area, is a nocturnal feeder. On the other hand, they are often caught during the day by hook and line fishermen (Fitch and Lavenberg 1971). Also, because locations vacated by individuals we collected were reoccupied by other individuals, generally within 1 or 2 days, we conclud- ed that they are itinerant. The wolf-eel population in Monterey Bay may be quite large if the numbers we collected and observed at our stations are any indication of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Divisio
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