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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossoides platessoides
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 30.00 NG
Sample size 91 Percent empty 51
Country USA Locality Inshore North of Cape Hatteras.
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
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridae Gammaridae.
15.50 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and misc.
3.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians hard corals juv./adults Anthozoa Anthozoa.
18.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa 13.2% Pandalidae, 4% Crangon septemspinosa, 0.2% unidentified decapoda.
34.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms Unidentified echinoderms.
2.50 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda.
8.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Nephtys sp. 0.3% Nephtys sp., 1% Nephtyidae, 1.9% Spionidae, 0.2% Terebellidae, 4.5% unidentified Polychaeta.
17.30 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiura sarsi 2.5% Ophiura robusta, 4.6% Ophiura sarsi, 8.9% unidentified Ophiuroidea.
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