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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 30.00 NG
Sample size 63 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality Inshore North of Cape Hatteras.
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
8.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Unciola irrorata Parathemisto sp. (<0.1%),Erichthonius rubricornis (0.4%), Unciola irrorata (3.8%),Leptocheirus pinguis (0.9%), and unidentified Amphipoda (3.4%);
3.30 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia Unspecified Bivalvia.
14.50 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
12.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Cumacea (0.8%); Mysidacea (<0.1%); Decapoda: Crangon septemspinosa (0.9%), unidentified Decapoda (8.0%), and unidentified Crustacea (2.4%).
6.80 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinoidea Echinoidea (0.5%), and unidentified Echinodermata (6.2%).
0.60 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.30 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Gastropoda Gastropoda (0.3%) and unidentified Mollusca (0.3%).
42.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Nephtyidae Nephtyidae (7.5%), Spionidae (0.7%), and unidentified Polychaeta (34.0%).
10.60 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiura sarsi Ophiuroidea: Ophiopholis aculata (2.4%),Ophiura sarsi (8.0%), and unidentified Ophiuroidea (<0.1%).
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