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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Squalus acanthias
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 76.00 NG
Sample size 417 Percent empty 45.56
Country USA Locality Gulf of Maine
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Squalus acanthias
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
40.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes dubius Alosa pseudoharnegus (0.7%), Clupeidae (1.0%), Belonidae (1.7%), .Anarhichas sp. (4.9%), Ammodytes dubius (12.2%), Pleuronectes ferruginus (0.9%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (19.5%).
27.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
3.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea Euphausiacea.
0.30 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Ctenophora Unspecified Ctenophora.
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Unidentified Decapoda (0.1%), and unidentified Crustacea (<0.1%).
10.80 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda.
3.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unidentified Mollusca.
13.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex sp. Illex sp.
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