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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micromesistius poutassou
 
Main Ref. Mir-Arguimbau, J., J. Navarro, M. Balcells, P. Martín and A. Sabatés, 2020
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length TL
Sample size 306 Percent empty
Country Locality northwest Mediterranean, over the Slope.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micromesistius poutassou
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.11 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cyclothone spp. %W=0.1.
0.53 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctus spp. %W=0.5.
0.95 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctus crocodilus %W=0.9.
1.17 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis encrasicolus %W=1.1.
1.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Maurolicus muelleri %W=1.8.
2.23 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ceratoscopelus maderensis %W=2.1.
5.41 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctus pusillus %W=5.1.
7.95 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Benthosema glaciale %W=7.5.
1.06 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others unspecified Decapoda remains %W=1.
2.65 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others unspecified fish remains %W=2.5.
0.42 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Nematoscelis megalops %W=0.4.
1.38 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica %W=1.3.
0.85 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults unspecified Sergestidae %W=0.8.
2.01 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified shrimp %W=1.9.
1.17 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified Gadidae %W=1.1.
9.54 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified fish %W=9.
16.33 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified Myctophidae %W=15.4.
0.42 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified Euphausiacea %W=0.4.
4.03 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates juv./adults Phronima spp. %W=3.8.
0.11 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Calocaris macandreae %W=0.1.
0.11 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Plesionika spp. %W=0.1.
0.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea multidentata %W=0.2.
0.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Plesionika martia %W=0.2.
0.42 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Plesionika edwardsii %W=0.4.
0.74 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea sivado %W=0.7.
2.23 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Eusergestes arcticus %W=2.1.
2.65 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Robustosergia robusta %W=2.5.
33.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Amalopenaeus elegans %W=31.3. Name cited in literature is Gennadas elegans.
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