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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mustelus canis
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 86.00 NG
Sample size 41 Percent empty 7.32
Country USA Locality Southern New England
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mustelus canis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes dubius Ammodytes dubius (1.0%) and unidentified Osteichthyes (6.8%).
1.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
84.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer irroratus Decapoda: Pagrus sp. (1.4%), Cancer irroratus (68.8%), Cancer borealis (4.7%), and Ovalipes stephensoni (9.5%).
5.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda (4.8%) and unidentified Crustacea (0.4%).
0.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda (0.5%). Bivalvia (<0.1%) and unidentified Mollusca (<0.1%).
0.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Unspecified Polychaeta.
0.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo sp. Loligo sp.
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