Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merluccius merluccius
 
Main Ref. Papaconstantinou, C., E. Caragitsou, V. Vassilopoulou, G. Petrakis, C. Mytilineaou, A. Fourtouni, A. Tursi, C.-Y. Politou, M. Giagnisi, G. D'Onghia, A. Siapatis, A. Matarese, A. Economou and E. Papageorgiou, 1993
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 12.00 TL
Sample size 316 Percent empty
Country Greece Locality West Aegean Sea, 1990-91
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merluccius merluccius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
82.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Argyropelecus hemigymnus Vinciguerria sp., Argyropelecus hemigymnus
7.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
10.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
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