Main Ref. | Morato, T., E. Solà, M.P. Grós and G. Menezes, 2001 | ||
Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 24.50 FL |
Sample size | 235 | Percent empty | 50.2 |
Country | Azores Is. | Locality | Caught off Azores during spring 1996 and 1997. |
Period |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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0.70 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | bivalves | juv./adults | Parvicardium sp. | Parvicardium sp. 0.1 unid. Bivalves 0.6 |
84.40 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Macroramphosus scolopax | Myctophidae 8.6 Capros aper 25.7 Macroramphosus scolopax 29.7 Pisces unid. 20.4 |
1.80 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Brachyura | Caridea 0.1 Natantia 0.3 Brachyura 0.9 Isopoda 0.5 |
4.90 % | zooplankton | other plank. Invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | juv./adults | Thaliacea | Thaliacea |
1.10 % | zoobenthos | worms | non-annelids | juv./adults | Sipunculida | Sipunculida 1.1 |
1.40 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | polychaetes | |
3.20 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | juv./adults | Ophiurida | Ophiurida |
2.50 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea urchins | juv./adults | Arbaciella elegans | Arbaciella elegans 1.9 Echinoidea 0.6 |