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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hemitripterus americanus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 33.00 NG
Sample size 31 Percent empty 42
Country USA Locality Gulf of Maine.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hemitripterus americanus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.80 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Clinocardium ciliatum 0.3% Clinocardium ciliatum, 0.5% unidentified bivalves.
97.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Macrozoares americanus 4.4% Merluccius bilinearis, 6.8% Lumpenus lumpretaeformis, 17% Macrozoares americanus, 69.4% unidentified osteichthyes.
0.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains.
1.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Dichelopandalus leptocerus 1.1% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 0.2% Pandalidae, 0.2% unidentified decapoda.
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