Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sebastes mystinus
 
Main Ref. Love, M.S. and A.W. Ebeling, 1978
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 20.00 SL
Sample size 67 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Naples Reef, Santa Barbara, California
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sebastes mystinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
51.30 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
11.80 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others kelp 10.5% kelp, 1.3% unid algae incl. encrusting bryozoans
7.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
1.20 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae fish larvae
13.80 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults hydroids 13.1% hydroids, 0.7% siphonophores
2.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaridea 1.6% Gammaridea, 0.3% mysids, 0.2% isopods, 0.1% Caprellidae, 0.1% Hyperiidea
1.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae planktonic crustacean 0.6% zoea, 0.6% megalops, 0.2% copepods
1.90 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
8.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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