Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pollachius pollachius
 
Main Ref. Bergstad, O.A., 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 65.50 TL
Sample size 1342 Percent empty
Country Locality Norwegian Deep
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pollachius pollachius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
64.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus esmarki 5.6% unid. Teleostei, 16.3% Maurolicus muelleri, 1.7% Gadidae, 41% Trisopterus esmarki.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica <>Meganyctiphanes norvegica
4.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
30.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea multidentata 0.1% Caridea, 26.2% <>Pasiphaea multidentata, 3.3% <>Pandalus borealis, 0.7% <>Sabinea sarsii.
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