Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pagellus acarne
 
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
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pagellus acarne
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
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
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