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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Urophycis tenuis
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 46.00 NG
Sample size 191 Percent empty 24
Country USA Locality Gulf of Maine.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Urophycis tenuis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
42.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Urophycis chuss 6.3% Merluccius bilinearis, 14.4%Urophycis chuss, 1.6% Gadidae, 0.6% Ammodytes dubius, 1.8% Pleuronectiformes, 18.2% unidentified osteichthyes.
1.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others animal remains animal remains and misc.
19.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica 17.8% Meganyctiphanes norvegica, 1.4% unidentified euphausiids.
0.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids unidentified mysids.
1.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults crustacea unidentified crustacea.
5.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Dichelopandalus leptocerus 3% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 1.1% Pandalus borealis, 0.3% Pandalus sp., 0.3% Pandalidae, 0.2% Axius serratus, 0.2% Paguridae, 0.3% Cancer irroratus.
29.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex sp. 21.8% Illex sp., 1.5% Loligo pealeii, 6.2% unidentified cepahalopoda.
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