Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sebastes ciliatus
 
Main Ref. Rosenthal, R.J., V.M. O'Connell and M.C. Murphy, 1988
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 26.00 FL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Alaska Locality Gulf of Alaska, 1980-1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sebastes ciliatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
31.78 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes hexapterus 16.7% Ammodytes hexapterus, 14.08% remains of other fish
9.28 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
7.48 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Gadidae Gadid larvae
2.09 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Scyphozoan Scyphozoan medusae
0.26 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
5.65 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaridea 2.84% unid. Crustacea, 1.48% Gammaridea, 1.07% Hyperiidea, 0.12% Caprellidae, 0.12% Caridea, 0.02% Amphipoda
0.68 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Limacina 0.51% Limacina, 0.17% Polychaeta
25.46 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyura 25.41% Brachyuran larvae, 0.05% Anomuran larvae
14.81 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpidae 11.87% gelatinous zooplankton, 2.94% Salpidae
2.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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