Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 4
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gadus morhua
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gobies unidentified Gobies
58.71 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haddock 5.62% Cod, 12.39% Haddock, 10.24% Whiting, 7.51% Norway pout, 1.76% Herring, 0.91% Sprat, 4.16% Sandeels, 0.03% Plaice, 0.15% Sole, 6.85% Dab, 4.89% Mackerel, 2.10% Long rough dab, 2.10% Dragonets
4.43 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
26.53 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 1.81% Crangonidae, 0.52% other Caridea, 2.87% Nephrops, 2.51% Anomura, 0.21% Oxyrhyncha, 1.56% Cancridea, 17.05% Brachyrhyncha
5.64 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.58% Gastropoda, 0.16% Bivalvia, 4.90% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.40 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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