Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossus stenolepis
 
Main Ref. Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 559 Percent empty 26.83
Country Alaska Locality Islands of Four Mountains to Cape St. Elias
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossus stenolepis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
47.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 1.35% Rajidae, 0.36% Teleostei, 0.23% non-gadoid fish remains, 1.99% Clupea pallasi, 1.96% Mallotus villosus, 0.3% Gadidae, 1.78% Gadus macrocephalus, 30.6% Theragra chalcogramma, 0.39% Zoarcidae, 0.03% Sebastes sp., 0.57% Pleurogrammus monopterygius, 0.83% Anoplopoma fimbria, 0.81% Cottidae, 0.11% Stichaeidae, 2.95% Ammodytes hexapterus, 0.08% Pleuronectidae, 2.89% Atheresthes stomias, 0.62% Pleuronectes bilineatus.
42.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Chionoecetes bairdi 0.17% Reptantia, 21.61% Paguridae, 0.02% <>Lopholithodes sp., 0.08% <>Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, 0.30% Majidae, 0.93% <>Oregonia sp., 8.19% <>Hyas sp., 8.79% <>Chionoecetes bairdi, 0.11% Cancridae, 2.74% <>Cancer oregonensis.
1.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.90 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropoda 0.45% gastropoda, 0.38% bivalvia.
0.30 % others others n.a./others n.a./others fish 0.04% misc. unid. organic material, 0.23% fishery offal
0.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Aphroditidae 0.14% unid. Polychaeta, 0.17% Aphroditidae.
0.20 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea cucumbers juv./adults Holothuroidea 0.18% Holothuroidea, 0.04% Ophiurida
3.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalopsis dispar 0.02% Caridea, 0.02% Hippolytidae, 2.33% Pandalidae, 0.4% <>Pandalopsis dispar, 0.88% Crangonidae.
2.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.34% Cephalopoda, 0.05% Teuthoidea, 2.11% Octopoda.
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