| Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
| Fish stage | adults | Mean length | 63.00 NG |
| Sample size | 316 | Percent empty | 51.9 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Gulf of Maine |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 81.10 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Merluccius bilinearis | Alosa pseudoharnegus (1.8%), Clupeidae (13%), Enchelyopus cimbrius (0.9%), Melanogrammus aeglefinus (0.4%), Merluccius bilinearis (4.9%), Urophycis chuss (4.5%), Gadidae (2.8%), Peprilus triacanthus(0.7%), Sebastes fasciatus (0.9%),Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (0.1%), Paralichthys oblongus (0.3%), Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (0.3%), Hippoglossus hippoglossus (4.3%), Pleuronectes ferruginus (0.5%),Pleuronectes americanus (1.2%), Pleuronectiformes (0.3%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (44.2%). |
| 2.40 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and miscellaneous. |
| 6.60 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other cephalopods | juv./adults | Cephalopoda | Unidentified Cephalopoda. |
| 1.90 % | nekton | finfish | n.a./other finfish | juv./adults | Rajiformes | Rajiformes. |
| 8.00 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Illex sp. | Illex sp. |