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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Myzopsetta ferruginea
 
Main Ref. Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman, 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.00 TL
Sample size 2645 Percent empty 22
Country USA Locality Northwestern Atlantic, from Cape Hatteras, N. C. to Nova Scotia, 1969-1972
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Myzopsetta ferruginea
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.83 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cottidae Cottidae
6.06 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others carcasses
38.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipoda, Majidae
4.00 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others benth. invertebrates
2.87 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms n.a./others Echinoidea Echinoidea
1.95 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Bivalvia Bivalvia , Gastropoda
2.98 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps n.a./others Anthozoa Anthozoa
43.12 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Lumbreneridae Lumbreneridae
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