Food and Feeding Habits Summary Conger conger
 
Main Ref. Morato, T., E. Solà, M.P. Grós and G. Menezes, 1999
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 129.50 TL
Sample size 215 Percent empty 34.4
Country Azores Is. Locality Coastal areas and offshore banks across the Azores, March-May 1996 & 1997.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Conger conger
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
98.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Capros aper 0.7% unidentified Macrouridae, 1.9% Gadella maraldi, 26% Capros aper, 5.5% Macroramphosus scolopax, 13.8% Helicolenus dactylopterus, 2.6% Trachurus picturatus, 1.3% Pagellus acarne, 7.8% Pagellus bogaraveo, 4.1% Mullus sp., 1% unidentified Labridae, 0.7% Foetorepus phaeton, 6.9% Lepidopus caudatus, 16.3% Scomber japonicus, 9.9% unidentified Pisces.
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Liocarcinus tuberculatus 0.5% unidentified Paguridae, 0.3% Liocarcinus tuberculatus.
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults mollusks
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