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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossoides platessoides
 
Main Ref. Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman, 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 21.00 TL
Sample size 1186 Percent empty 40
Country USA Locality Northwest Atlantic, from Cape Hatteras, N.C. to Nova Scotia, 1969-1972
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossoides platessoides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.89 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia 7.1% Bivalvia, 0.3% Gastropoda, 0.1% Cephalopoda, 0.2% other mollusks
1.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cottidae Cottidae & other fish
2.87 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others carcasses
16.41 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Paguridae Paguridae, Pandalidae, Euphausicea, etc.
0.21 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps n.a./others Hydrozoa Hydrozoa & Anthozoa
4.51 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Sabellidae 0.6% Sabellidae, 0.4% Ampharetidae, 0.3% Nephthyidae, 0.2% Lumbreneridae,
67.07 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults Echinoidea 43.7% Echinoidea incl. 23.4% Ophiuroidea
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