Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Thunnus thynnus

Main Ref.	Chase, B.C., 2002
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	200.50 FL
Sample size	819	Percent empty	25.1526
Country	USA	Locality	New, England
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Thunnus thynnus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Hippocampus erectus
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Hippoglossoides platessoides
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Unspecified Teleostei
0.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Cryptacanthodes maculatus
0.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pollachius virens
0.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Merluccius bilinearis	%W=0.3
0.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Peprilus triacanthus	%W=0.3
0.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pseudopleuronectes americanus	%W=0.3
0.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scopthalmus aquosus	%W=0.3
0.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Urophycis spp.	%W=0.4
0.80 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Raja spp.	%W=0.8
1.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Brevoortia tyrannus	%W=1
1.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	squalus acanthias	%W=1.9
3.31 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scomber scombrus	%W=3.3
4.01 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gadus morhua	%W=4
7.21 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pomatomus saltatrix	%W=7.2
22.65 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Ammodytes spp.	%W=22.6
52.91 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupea harengus	%W=52.8
2.00 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	sponges	juv./adults	Suberites ficus	%W=2
1.90 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Unspecified Squid	%W=1.9

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