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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merluccius bilinearis
 
Main Ref. Langton, R.W. and R.E. Bowman, 1980
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.00 FL
Sample size 2152 Percent empty 33
Country USA Locality Northwest Atlantic, from Cape Hatteras, N.C. to Nova Scotia, 1969-1972
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merluccius bilinearis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
70.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae Clupeidae, Scombridae
1.60 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others carcasses
25.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Pandalidae Pandalidae, Euphausiacea
0.10 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others other animal groups other animal groups
0.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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