Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Malyshev, V.I., 1980
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 25.50 TL
Sample size 482 Percent empty 42
Country Locality North Sea, summer-autumn 1975-1977
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merlangius merlangus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
90.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sprattus sprattus 8.8% Ammodytes sp., 51.8% Sprattus sprattus, 1.2% Clupea harengus, 5.3% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 0.4% Merlangius merlangus, 8.9% Trisopterus esmarkii, 0.3% Argentina sp., 0.1% Callionymus lyra, 0.3% Gobiidae, 1.8% Pleuronectidae, 11.5% Digested fish
0.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
7.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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