Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage adults Mean length 55.00 TL
Sample size 52 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, Quarter 4.
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
64.94 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ganthostomata 63.51% Ganthostomata
11.04 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 10.80% Annelida
13.16 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea 12.87% Crustacea
7.57 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinodermata 7.4% Echinodermata
3.16 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.68% Gastropoda, 0.84% Bivalvia, 1.57% Cephalopoda
0.11 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata 0.11% Urochordata
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