Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage adults Mean length 35.00 TL
Sample size 402 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, Quarter 2
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merlangius merlangus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.43 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Urochordata Urochordata
80.19 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytidae 38.27% Ammodytidae, 20.37% Trisopterus esmarki, 6.24% Sprattus sprattus, 5.19% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 3.96% Merlangius merlangus, 0.45% Clupea harengus, 0.19% Gadus morhua, 0.11% Limanda limanda, 0.11% Scomber scombrus
7.04 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea 6.99% Euphausiacea, 0.03% Copepoda, 0.02% Mysida
2.90 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 2.87% Annelida, incl. 0.03% Nemertea
8.07 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Caridea 2.85% Caridea, 2.81% Brachyura, 0.30% Anomura, 0.14% Macrura, 0.05% Isopoda, 0.03% Amphipoda
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.16% Gastropoda, 0.04% Bivalvia
0.15 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.61 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Cnidaria 0.58% Cnidaria incl. 0.03% Echinodermata
0.38 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.38% Cephalopoda, 0.08% unid. Mollusks
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