Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gymnocanthus tricuspis
 
Main Ref. Atkinson, E.G. and J.A. Percy, 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 7.40 TL
Sample size 153 Percent empty 1.3
Country Locality Arctic Canada
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gymnocanthus tricuspis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Acanthostepheia behringiensis %W=0.1
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Anonyx nugax %W=0.1
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Westwoodilla brevicalcar %W=0.1
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Metopella longimana %W=0.1
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Arrhis phyllonyx %W=0.3
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Byblis gaimardii Byblis gaimardii %W=0.3. Name used in the literature was Byblis gaimardi.
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Goesia depressa %W=0.3
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Monoculodes intermedius
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Protomedia grandimana %W=0.3
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Dyopedos porrectus %W=0.4
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Aceroides latipes %W=0.5
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Megamoera dentata %W=0.5
0.71 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Acanthostepheia malmgreni %W=0.7
1.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Ischyrocerus latipes %W=1.2
1.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Ampelisca eschrichti %W=1.3
2.42 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Pontoporeia femorata %W=2.4
3.13 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Maera loveni %W=3.1
3.94 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Unspecified Ampiphoda %W=3.9
31.11 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Protomedia fasciata %W=30.8
0.30 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Unspecified ascidean %W=0.3
2.73 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Unspecified gastropoda %W=2.7
7.37 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Macoma calcarea %W=7.3
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Unspecified copepoda %W=0.1
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Calanus hyperboreus %W=0.3
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Apistobranchus tullbergi %W=0.1
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Chone sp. %W=0.1
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Laonice cirrata %W=0.1
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Pholoe minuta %W=0.1
0.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Eteone longa %W=0.2
0.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Scoloplos armiger %W=0.3
0.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Parahesione sp. %W=0.4
0.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Stauronereis caecus %W=0.4
0.91 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Harmothoe sp . %W=0.9
0.91 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Trichobranchus glacialis %W=0.9
1.11 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Unspecified Polychaeta %W=1.1
1.41 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Micronephthys minuta %W=1.4
1.51 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Melaenus loveni
2.12 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Gattyana cirrhosa %W=2.1. Name used in the literature was Gattyana cirrosa
2.32 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Lumbrineris sp. %W=2.3
5.66 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Diplocirrus longisetosus %W=5.6
6.26 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Terebellides stroemii %W=6.2. Name used in the literature was Terebellides stroemi.
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Eudorella emarginata %W=0.1
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Diastylis goodsiri %W=0.2
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Lamprops fuscatus %W=0.3
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Leucon sp. %W=0.3
0.71 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Leucon nasica %W=0.7
1.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Leucon nasicoides
2.93 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Diastylis rathkei %W=2.9
12.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Leptostylis sp . %W=12
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