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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merluccius merluccius
 
Main Ref. Guichet, R., 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 648 Percent empty 41
Country France Locality Bay of Biscay, 1992
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merluccius merluccius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
97.97 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis encrasicolus 0.99% Sardina pilchardus, 10.07% Sprattus sprattus, 13.72% Engraulis encrasicolus, 2.86% unid. Clupeidae, 4.82% Merluccius merluccius, 0.82% Merlangius merlangus, 5.19% Micromesistius poutassou, 4.27% Trisopterus minutus, 0.12% unid. Gadidae, 0.41% Argentina sp. 43.65% Trachurus trachurus, 8.23% Scomber scombrus, 0.03% Lesueurigobius friesii
1.85 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
0.14 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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