Food and Feeding Habits Summary Myoxocephalus scorpius
 
Main Ref. Gray, B.P., B.L. Norcross, A.H. Beaudreau, A.L. Blanchard and A.C. Seitz, 2017
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Chukchi Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Myoxocephalus scorpius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Anonyx spp.
1.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Oedicerotidae
2.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Melita spp.
3.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Protomedeia spp.
8.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Ischyocerus spp.
24.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults unspecified benthic amphipods
1.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Telmessus cheiragonus
2.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Chionoecetes opilio
10.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults unspecified crabs
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified Diastylidae
5.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified Paguridae
16.10 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified fish prey
1.00 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults unspecified mollusks
1.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified hyperiid amphipods
3.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Themisto libellula
5.20 % others others n.a./others juv./adults unspecified prey Other prey includes harpacticoid copepods, barnacle cyprids, euphausiids, isopods and mollusks.
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults unspecified calanoid copepods
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults unspecified Polynoidae
3.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults unspecified polychaetes
3.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified shrimps
5.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified Crangonidae
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