Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sebastolobus alascanus
 
Main Ref. Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 213 Percent empty 33.8
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 Sebastolobus alascanus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Themisto sp. 3.01% Gammaridea, 0.03% <>Themisto sp., 0.09% Caprellidea + 0.26% Isopoda.
9.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Zoarcidae 0.26% Teleostei, 2% non-gadoid fish remains, 5.99% Zoarcidae, 1.31% Agonidae, 0.15% Cyclopteridae, 0.06% Stichaeidae.
9.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Chionoecetes bairdi 0.03% Reptantia, 1.94% Paguridae, 0.14% Majidae, 0.12% <>Hyas sp., 0.18% <>Hyas lyratus, 6.72% <>Chionoecetes bairdi, 0.19% <>Pugettia richii, 0.41% <>Cherilia longipes, 0.16% Pinnotheridae.
3.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea 3.17% Mysidacea + 0.20% Euphausiacea
2.40 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Fishery offal Fishery offal
7.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta 4.16% Polychaeta, 3.77% Aphroditidae
60.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus borealis 0.58% Caridea, 7.57% Hippolytidae, 0.08% Eualus avinus, 43.87% Pandalidae, 1.02% Pandalus borealis, 7.49% Crangonidae, 0.36% Argis sp.
2.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopoda 0.29% Cephalopoda, 0.33% Teuthoidea, 1.7% Octopoda
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