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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossus hippoglossus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 55.00 NG
Sample size 64 Percent empty 27
Country USA Locality Scotian Shelf.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossus hippoglossus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
25.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Hippoglossoides platessoides 0.3% Merluccius bilinearis, 7% Gadidae, 0.1% Aspidophoroides monopterygius, 0.3% Pholis gunnellus, 4.2% Hippoglossoides platessoides, 2.2% Pleuronectes ferruginus, 11.6% unidentified Osteichthyes.
1.80 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and misc.
49.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Dichelopandalus leptocerus 32.5% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 0.6% Pandalus borealis, 7% Pandalus montagui, 1.6% Pandalidae, 3.9% Pagurus acadianus, 0.2% Pagurus pubescens, 0.4% Pagurus arcuatus, 1.6% Cancer irroratus, 1.8% unidentified crab.
22.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 4.2% Octopoda, 18.7% unidentified Cephalopoda.
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