Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 616 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, Quarter 3.
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
62.36 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gnathostomata 59.64% Gnathostomata
5.00 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 4.78% Annelida
18.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea 17.79% Crustacea
10.29 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinodermata 9.84% Echinodermata
3.26 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.38% Gastropoda, 2.61% Bivalvia, 0.08% Scaphopoda, 0.05% Cephalopoda
0.48 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata 0.46% Urochordata
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