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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Bromley, P.J., T. Watson and J.R.G. Hislop, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.50 TL
Sample size 450 Percent empty
Country Locality 60 miles southeast of Lerwick in the Shetland Is., 1991
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
21.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Merlangius merlangus 4.32% unid. Gadidae, 0.88% Merlangius merlangus 0.2% Melanogrammus aegelfinus , 0.39% sandeels, 0.29% Glyptocephalus cynoglossus , 0.69% Pleuronectidae, 0.2% Callionymus spp., 13.95 unid. Fish
2.16 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.49 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
16.99 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Hypriid amphipods Hyprid amphipods
21.12 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Decapod Decapod larvae
0.39 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda
31.04 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus Calanus finmarchicus, other unid. Copepoda
2.16 % zooplankton plank. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalidae Pandalidae
4.33 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Cirripedia Cirripedia and unid. Crustacea
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