Food and Feeding Habits Summary Platichthys stellatus
 
Main Ref. Jewett, S.C. and H.M. Feder, 1980
Fish stage adults Mean length 58.00 TL
Sample size 134 Percent empty 4
Country Locality Port Clarence, Bering Sea, 1976
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Platichthys stellatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
44.10 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Yoldia hyperborea 41.5% Yoldia hyperborea, 0.6% Serripes groenlandicus, 0.4% Mya sp., 0.6% Musculus niger, 0.6% Yoldia seminula
6.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Eleginus gracilis 6.2% Eleginus gracilis , 0.7% Myoxocephalus sp.
0.36 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
3.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Chionoectes opilio 2.2% Chionoectes opilio, <0.1% of the ff.: Cumacea, Isopoda, Amphipoda, etc.
38.20 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
2.80 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Priapulida Priapulida
4.45 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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