Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sebastes nebulosus
 
Main Ref. Rosenthal, R.J., V.M. O'Connell and M.C. Murphy, 1988
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 23.00 FL
Sample size 59 Percent empty
Country Alaska Locality Gulf of Alaska, 1980-1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sebastes nebulosus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Rhodophyta Rhodophyta
4.86 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes hexapterus 1.56% Ammodytes hexapterus , 0.25% Hemilepidotus jordani , 2.84% unid. Fish
1.22 % zoobenthos mollusks chitons juv./adults Cyanoplax dentiens 1.09% Polyplacophora, 0.08% Cyanoplax dentiens
42.64 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer oregonensis 9.77% Cancer oregonensis, 6.37% Pugettia gracilis, 5.32% Acantholithodes hispidus, 4.67% Pugettia sp., 2.58% Brachyura, 2.5% Cryptolithoides sp., 2.19% Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii, 1.8% Scyra acutifrons, 1.21% Hyas lyratus, 1.06% Cryptolithodes typicas, 0.73% Paguridae, 0.7% Pugettia richii, 0.47% Phyllolithodes papillosus, 0.47% Petrolisthes eriomerus, 0.37% Cancridae, 0.37% Pagurus, 0.16% unid. Crab
1.11 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
3.11 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Haliotis kamtschatkana 2.78% Haliotis kamtschatkana, 0.16% Velutina, 0.03% Homalopoma luridum
0.24 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids 0.2% mysids incl. 0.04% Gammaridae
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Rhynchocoela Rhynchocoela
43.80 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiopholis aculeata 38.46% Ophiopholis aculeata, 3.41% other Ophioroidae
2.59 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus 1.23% Caridea, 0.63% Pandalus, 0.39% Heptacarpus, 0.23% Hippolytidae
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