Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossina oblonga
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 28.00 NG
Sample size 90 Percent empty 49
Country USA Locality Southern New England.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossina oblonga
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
19.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gadus morhua 12.6% Gadus morhua, 2.6% Merluccius bilinearis, 0.6% Peprilus triacanthus, 3.7% unidentified Osteichthyes.
5.20 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and misc.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids Unidentified mysids.
1.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults crustacea Unidentified crustacea.
20.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cancer irroratus 4.9% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 3.8% Crangon septemspinosa, 11.8% Cancer irroratus, 0.4% Cancridae.
1.20 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Golfingia sp. Golfingia sp.
4.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Sabellidae 1.1% Aphroditidae, 1.6% Sabellidae, 1.4% unidentified Polychaeta.
45.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo sp. 32% Loligo sp., 13.3% Sepiolidae.
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