Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scyliorhinus retifer
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 37.00 NG
Sample size 3 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality Middle Atlantic and 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 Scyliorhinus retifer
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
78.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Osteichthyes Unidentified Osteichthyes.
3.60 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
2.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
1.00 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda.
1.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Mysidopsis bigelowi Unidentified Crustacea and the mysid Mysidopsis bigelowi (0.1%).
13.80 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unspecified Cephalopoda.
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