Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pleuronectes platessa
 
Main Ref. Gibson, R.N. and L. Robb, 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 11.70 TL
Sample size 554 Percent empty 19
Country UK Scotland Locality Ardmucknish Bay
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pleuronectes platessa
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei 12.8% Teleostei
3.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Amphipoda 3.3% Amphipoda, Isopoda, Decapoda
83.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes 81.3% polychaetes
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 01.11.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 07/05/08 ,  last modified by dsantos, 09/02/14