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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 51.00 NG
Sample size 578 Percent empty 2.6
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 Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes dubius Ammodytes dubius (3.5%) and unidentified Osteichthyes (0.4%).
16.50 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
10.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
5.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Parathemisto sp. Cumacea (<0.1%); Amphipoda: Parathemisto sp. (1.9%),Erichthonius rubricornis (<0.1%), Unciola irrorata (0.1%),Leptocheirus pinguis (0.9%), and unidentified Amphipoda (1.0%); Mysidacea (<0.1%); Decapoda: Dichelopandalus leptocerus (0.3%),Crangon septemspinosa (<0.1%), unidentified Decapoda (1.4%), and unidentified Crustacea (0.2%).
7.50 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Crinoidea sp. Crinoideasp. (1.4%), Holothuroidea (1.3%), Echinoidea (1.3%), and unidentified Echinodermata (3.9%).
3.30 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia Gastropoda (0.2%), Bivalvia (1.5%), Cephalopoda (1.3%), unidentified Mollusca (0.3%).
0.80 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Cnidaria Unspecified Cnidaria.
7.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Nephtyidae Nephtyidae (0.2%), Spionidae (<0.1%), and unidentified Polychaeta (7.6%).
43.60 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiura sarsi Ophiuroideans Amphipura sp. (3.2%),Ophiopholis aculata (10%),Ophiura sarsi (19.6%),Ophiura sp. (0.3%), and unidentified Ophiuroidea (9.5%).
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