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Food items reported for Lophius americanus
n = 39
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified animal remains USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Cephalopoda USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sp. USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex sp. USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Alosa pseudoharengus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes dubius USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bothidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupeidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanogrammus aeglefinus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius virens USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Enchelyopus cimbrius USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hemitripterus americanus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lophiidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Macrouridae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius bilinearis USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Osteichthyes USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etropus microstomus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippoglossina oblonga USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phycis chesteri USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis chuss USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis tenuis USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippoglossoides platessoides USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Myzopsetta ferruginea USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudopleuronectes americanus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuronectiformes USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scophthalmus aquosus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Helicolenus dactylopterus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sebastes fasciatus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Squalus acanthias USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lumpenus lampretaeformis USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Peprilus triacanthus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Triglidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Rajiformes USA juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Osteichthyes eggs USA juv./adults
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