Food and Feeding Habits Summary Physiculus japonicus
 
Main Ref. Fujita, T., D. Kitagawa, Y. Okuyama, Y. Ishito, T. Inada and Y. Jin, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 29.80 SL
Sample size 5008 Percent empty 6
Country Japan Locality 120 and 140 m off the Pacific coast of Iwate Perfecture.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Physiculus japonicus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
31.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma unidentified fishes 18.0 Physiculus japonicus 2.0 Theragra chalcogramma 7.0 Cottiusculus gonez 2.0 Alcichthys alcicornis <1.0
39.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sardinops sagax Sardinops sagax 26.0 Engraulis japonicus 13.0
2.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus unidentified organic matter
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
23.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Podocatactes hamifer Podocatactes hamifer 5.0 Oregonia gracilis 2.0 Gammaroidea <1.0 Caprellidea <1.0 Crangon sagamiensis <1.0 Majidae <1.0 Erimacrus isenbeckii <1.0 unidentified brachyurans <1.0
3.00 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults mollusks
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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