Food and Feeding Habits Summary Malacocottus kincaidi
 
Main Ref. Jewett, S.C., R.H. Day and H.M. Feder, 1989
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 10.40 SL
Sample size 40 Percent empty
Country Alaska Locality Northeastern Gulf of Alaska, 1979
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Malacocottus kincaidi
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
1.12 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes hexapterus Ammodytes hexapterus
71.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Mysids Mysids, amphipods, & decapods
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others mollusks
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others plank. Invertebrates unidentified
0.60 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps n.a./others Sertulariidae Sertulariidae
22.29 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
4.29 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges
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