Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hemitripterus villosus
 
Main Ref. Fujita, T., D. Kitagawa, Y. Okuyama, Y. Ishito, T. Inada and Y. Jin, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.10 SL
Sample size 131 Percent empty 71
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 Hemitripterus villosus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Crangon sagamiensis Gammaroidea <1.0 Crangon sagamiensis <1.0
76.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Physiculus japonicus Physiculus japonicus 26.0 Theragra chalcogramma 3.0 Cottiusculus gonez <1.0 Alcichthys alcicornis 1.0
23.00 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fishes unidentified fishes
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