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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 74.00 NG
Sample size 238 Percent empty 47.06
Country USA Locality Scotian Shelf
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
30.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber scombrus Breevoortia tyrannus (1.1%), Scomber scombrus (25.8%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (3.7%).
42.70 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea Unspecified Euphausiacea.
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cancer spp. Unidentified Decapoda (0.1%), Cancer spp. (<0.1%), and unidentified Crustacea (0.1%).
26.30 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda (26.3%), unidentified Mollusca (<0.1%), and Ctenophora (<0.1%).
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