Food and Feeding Habits Summary Centropristis striata
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 23.00 NG
Sample size 288 Percent empty 36.46
Country USA Locality Middle Atlantic
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Centropristis striata
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.80 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia Unidentified Bivalvia.
23.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Stenotomus chrysops Ophichthys cruentifer (0.1%), Myctophidae (8.5%), Ophidiidae (1.4%), Ammodytes dubius (0.2%), Stenotomus chrysops (8.8%), Scophthalmus aquosus (1.5%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (3.1%).
4.20 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
45.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer irroratus Dichelopandalus leptocerus (<0.1%), Panguridae (1.3%), Munida sp. (4.5%), Cancer borealis (2.9%), Cancer irroratus (34.6%), and Ovalipes sp. (1.7%).
14.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
3.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Crangon septemspinosa (<0.1%), Amphipoda (<0.1%), Mysidacea (<0.1%), unidentified Decapoda (3.1%), and unidentified Crustacea (0.2%).
1.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda.
2.00 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unidentified Mollusca.
3.70 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Unspecified Polychaeta.
0.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo sp. Loligo sp.
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