Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lophius piscatorius
 
Main Ref. Laurenson, C.H. and I.G. Priede, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 55.10 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country UK Locality Shetland Islands, 1999-2000
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
11.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Limanda limanda Pleuronectiformes unid. 0.7 Scophthalmidae unid. 0.1 Pleuronectidae unid. 0.2 Limanda limanda 5.0 Hippoglossoides platessoides 0.6 Glyptocephalus cynoglossus 4.2
84.50 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Merlangius merlangus Teleost unid. 0.6 Gadidae 4.8 Gadus morhua 13.1 Melanogrammus aeglefinus 7.9 Merlagius merlangus 16.0 Trisopterus esmarkii 14.9 Ammodytes marinus 4.9 Hyperoplus spp. 2.4 H. lanceolatus 1.3 Clupea harengus 13.3 Scombridae S. scombrus 2.8 Argentinidae unid. 2.5
0.40 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish recruits/juv. Rajidae Rajidae 0.4
4.10 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish recruits/juv. Octopodidae Cephalopoda unid. 0.7 Loliginidae unid. 0.8 Octopodidae 2.6
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