Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sebastes fasciatus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 31.00 NG
Sample size 86 Percent empty 48.84
Country USA Locality Gulf of Maine
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sebastes fasciatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Parathemisto gaudichaudii Parathemisto gaudichaudii (0.1%), Hyperiidae (<0.1%), and unidentified Amphipoda (<0.1%).
15.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merluccius bilinearis Merluccius bilinearis (15.1%), Cryptacanthodes maculatus (0.2%), Sebastes fasciatus (0.3%), and unidentified Osteichthyes larvae (<0.1%).
0.20 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains.
81.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica (80.7%) and unidentified Euphausiacea (0.3%).
0.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda (0.5%) and unidentified Crustacea (0.2%).
1.60 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Mollusca Siphonophora (0.2%), Mollusca (1.4%), and Chaetognatha (<0.1%).
0.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus sp. Calanus sp.
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