Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lophius piscatorius
 
Main Ref. Crozier, W.W., 1985
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 43.00 SL
Sample size 1457 Percent empty
Country Ireland Locality northwestern part of the Irish Sea, May 1983 to April 1984
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lophius piscatorius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus minutus Trisopterus minutus
4.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupea harengus Clupea harengus
5.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merlangius merlangus Merlangius merlangus
8.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lumpenus lampretaeformis 0.1% Gadus morhua, 0.4% Trisopterus luscus, 1.5% Lumpenus lampretaeformis, 0.5% Scomber scombrus, 0.8% Glytocephalus cynoglossus, 0.8% Limanda limanda, 0.5% Hippoglossoides platessoides, 0.7% Callionymus lyra, 2.0% unidentified flatfish, 0.7% unidentified clupeiod
8.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults gadoid unidentified gadoid
14.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus esmarkii Trisopterus esmarkii
44.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults fish unidentified fish
8.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 6.8% Nephrops, 1.3% other crustaceans
1.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
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