Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossoides elassodon
 
Main Ref. Brodeur, R.D. and P.A. Livingston, 1988
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 86 Percent empty 19.8
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Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossoides elassodon
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 6.71% Osteichthyes Teleostei, 2.51% <>Theragra chalcogramma, 0.42% Zoarcidae.
0.70 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others organic material Unid. organic material.
10.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.80 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropoda 0.42% gastropoda, 0.38% bivalvia.
3.40 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Scyphozoa Scyphozoa.
58.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Echiura 21.11% Polychaeta, 29.49% Echiura, 1.25% Echiuridae, 6.32% Chaetognatha.
8.50 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiuroidea Ophiuroidea
1.80 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults Echinoidea Echinoidea.
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon sp. 1.99% Pleocyemata Caridea, 0.50% <>Crangon sp.
3.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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