Food and Feeding Habits Summary Atheresthes stomias
 
Main Ref. Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 1144 Percent empty 42.7
Country Alaska Locality Islands of Four Mountains to Cape St. Elias
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Atheresthes stomias
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Themisto sp. 0.01% <>Themisto sp., 0.06% Ampeliscidae, 0.32% Gammaridea, 0.01% Isopoda, 0.02% Cumacea.
65.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 1.01% Teleostei, 0.31% non-gadoid fish remains, 6.23% Clupea pallasi, 1.14% Coregonus sp., 22.96% Mallotus villosus, 0.31% Thaleichthys pacificus, 1.62% Gadidae, 26.48% Theragra chalcogramma, 0.51% Zoarcidae, 0.23% Scorpaenidae, 0.52% Pleurogrammus monopterygius, 1.18% Stichaeidae, 0.58% Poroclinus rothrocki, 0.40% Ammodytes hexapterus, 1.97% Pleuronectidae, 0.01% Atheresthes stomias, 0.15% Hippoglossoides elassodon.
17.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis 16.20% unid. Euphausiacea, 1.01% <>Thysanoessa inermis
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis rayii 0.03% <>Neomysis rayii, 0.05% Mysidae, 0.01% Calanoida.
1.60 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Fishery offal Fishery offal.
0.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta 0.24% unid. Polychaeta, 0.04% Onuphidae, 0.02% Echiuridae, 0.02% Chaetognatha.
13.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus borealis 0.10% Caridea, 0.04% <>Pasiphaea pacifica, 0.10% <>Eualus avinus, 5.78% Pandalidae, 3.88% <>Pandalus borealis, 0.89%<>Pandalus jordani, 1.02% <>Pandalus montagui tridens, 0.07% <>Pandalus platyceros, 0.38% Crangonidae, 0.61% <>Crangon communis, 0.45% <>Argis lar, 0.02% <>Argis ovifer, 0.01% Bivalvia.
1.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatidae 0.18% Teuthoidea, 1.20% Gonatidae
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