Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lophius piscatorius
 
Main Ref. Crozier, W.W., 1985
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 95.00 SL
Sample size 78 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
1.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Limanda limanda Limanda limanda
2.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lumpenus lampretaeformis Lumpenus lampretaeformis
3.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus minutus Trisopterus minutus
4.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus luscus Trisopterus luscus
6.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gadus morhua Gadus morhua
7.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trisopterus esmarkii Trisopterus esmarkii
10.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merlangius merlangus Merlangius merlangus
42.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupea harengus 1.4% Clupea harengus, 0.2% Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, 0.2% Callionymus lyra, 12.3% unidentified gadoid, 3.8% unidentified flatfish, 24.8% unidentified fish
20.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 20.5% Nephrops, 0.2% other crustaceans
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
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