Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 20.00 TL
Sample size 1563 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, Quarter 3.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
49.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gnathostomata 46.74% Gnathostomata
9.55 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 8.94% Annelida
23.84 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea 22.32% Crustacea
10.16 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinodermata 9.51% Echinodermata
3.86 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.37% Gastropoda, 3.13% Bivalvia, 0.11% Cephalopoda
2.69 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata 2.52% Urochordata
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