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 1375 Percent empty 52.9
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
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Themisto sp. 0.02% <>Themisto sp., 0.07% Gammaridea.
50.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mallotus villosus 3.06% Teleostei, 7.78% non-gadoid fish remains, 1.06% Clupea pallasi, 0.25% Osmeridae, 3.22% Mallotus villosus, 2.73% Thaleichthys pacificus, 1.53% Myctophidae, 1.06% Gadidae, 0.33% Gadus macrocephalus, 14.7% Theragra chalcogramma, 2.31% Zoarcidae, 0.06% Lycodes brevipes, 1.06% Pleurogrammus monopterygius, 1.53% Anoplopoma fimbria, 0.39% Cottidae, 0.52% Triglops sp., 0.44% Bathymaster signatus, 2.06% Stichaeidae, 0.5% Lumpenus maculatus, 1.26% Ammodytes hexapterus, 2.26% Pleuronectidae, 1.6% Atheresthes stomias, 0.97% Errex zachirus, 0.01% Pleuronectes bilineatus.
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Reptantia 0.11% Reptantia, 0.06% Paguridae, 0.01% Pinnotheridae.
22.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis 21% unid. Euphausiacea, 1.01% <>Thysanoessa inermis,
0.70 % others others n.a./others n.a./others fish 0.09% unid. organic material, 0.59% fishery offal.
1.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
21.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus borealis 0.42% Caridea, 0.06% <>Pasiphaea pacifica, 16.8% Pandalidae, 0.77% <>Pandalus borealis, 0.34% <>Pandalus jordani, 0.05% <>Pandalopsis dispar, 3.02% Crangonidae.
3.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatus sp. 0.36% Cephalopoda, 2.6% Teuthoidea, 0.56% <>Gonatus sp.
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