Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossus stenolepis
 
Main Ref. Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 467 Percent empty 16.92
Country Alaska Locality Islands of Four Mountains to Cape St. Elias
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossus stenolepis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Diastylis sp. 0.29% <>Diastylis sp., 0.19% Gammaridea.
61.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 0.77% Teleostei, 0.31% non-gadoid fish remains, 0.03% Oncorhyncus sp., 1.18% Oncorhyncus kisutch, 2.32% Mallotus villosus, 2.72% Gadidae, 1.18% Gadus macrocephalus, 35.67% Theragra chalcogramma, 0.76% Lycodes brevipes, 0.38% Lycodes palearis, 0.01% Scorpaenidae, 0.88% Sebastes alutus, 0.17% Cottidae, 0.01% Artediellus sp., 0.94% Hemilepidotus sp., 0.74% Hemilepidotus jordani, 0.09% Icelinus borealis, 0.18% Triglops pingeli, 0.01% Agonidae, 0.02% Anoplagonus inermis, 0.06% Sarritor frenatus, 0.2% Liparis sp., 0.18% Bathymaster signatus, 0.47% Stichaeidae, 0.11% Zaprora silenus, 3.58% Ammodytes hexapterus, 1.76% Pleuronectidae, 5.09% Atheresthes stomias, 0.46% Hippoglossoides elassodon, 0.44% Pleuronectes bilineatus, 0.01% Pleuronectes asper, 0.63% Microstomus pacificus, 0.02% Hippoglossus stenolepis.
26.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Hyas lyratus 5.53% Paguridae, 0.09% <>Pagurus aleuticus, 0.03% <>Pagurus rathbuni, 1.82% <>Elassochirus tenuimanus, 0.03% <>Acantholithodes hispidus, 0.07% <>Phyllolithodes papillosus, 0.02% <>Lopholithodes mandtii, 0.68% <>Lopholithodes foraminatus, 0.01% <>Munida quadrispina, 0.01% Majidae, 1.74% <>oregonia gracilis, 5.97% <>Hyas lyratus, 5.73% <>Chionoecetes bairdi, 0.02% <>Pugettia gracilis, 4.37% <>Cancer oregonensis.
0.70 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Nuculana fossa 0.6% unid. Mollusca, 0.01% <>Fusitriton oregonensis, 0.02% Bivalvia, 0.04% <>Nuculana fossa, 0.02% Mytilidae, 0.04% <>Modiolus modiolus.
3.90 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Fishery offal Fishery offal.
1.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon alaskensis 0.01% <>Spirontocaris sp., 0.01% <>Spirontocaris lamellicornis, 0.11% Pandalidae, 0.05% <>Pandalus borealis, 0.05% <>Pandalus montagui tridens, 0.04% Crangonidae, 0.39% <>Crangon alaskensis, 0.28% <>Crangon alba, 0.03% <>Crangon communis, 0.22% <>Argis dentata, 0.56% <>Argis levior.
5.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatus magister 0.11% unid. Cephalopoda, .07% Teuthoidea, 0.42% <>Gonatus magister, 4.79% Octopoda.
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