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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Squalus acanthias
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 84.00 NG
Sample size 196 Percent empty 30.61
Country USA Locality Inshore North of Cape Hatteras.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Squalus acanthias
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.80 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Pectinidae Pectinidae (2.1%) and unidentified Bivalvia (0.7%).
60.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupea harengus Clupea harengus (6.0%), Clupeidae (8.7%), Carangidae (5.5%), Ammodytes dubius (1.0%), Pleuronectes ferruginus (<0.1%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (39.2%).
10.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
9.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs n.a./others Cancer spp. Cancer spp.
1.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea U.nspecified Euphausiacea.
2.60 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Ctenophora Unspecified Ctenophora.
3.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda (2.4%), and unidentified Crustacea (0.8%).
0.80 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda.
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unidentified Mollusca.
8.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex sp. Illex sp. (4.2%) and Loligo sp. (4.1%).
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