Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 488 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, Quarter 4.
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
62.83 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gnathostomata 61.21% Gnathostomata
13.51 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 13.16% Annelida
11.99 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea 11.68% Crustacea
6.32 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinodermata 6.16% Echinodermata
5.19 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.86% Gastropoda, 2.13% Bivalvia, 2.07% Cephalopoda
0.13 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata 0.13% Urochordata
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