Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hippoglossina oblonga
 
Main Ref. Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman, 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 20.00 TL
Sample size 1096 Percent empty 42
Country USA Locality Northwest Atlantic, from Cape Hatteras, N.C. to Nova Scotia
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hippoglossina oblonga
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
28.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gadidae Gadidae, Bothidae, etc.
10.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others carcasses
41.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalidae Pandalidae, Cancridae
19.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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