Food and Feeding Habits Summary Anoplopoma fimbria
 
Main Ref. Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 331 Percent empty 38.5
Country Alaska Locality Islands of Four Mountains to Cape St. Elias
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Anoplopoma fimbria
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Themisto abyssorum 0.54% Gammaridea, 0.03% <>Themisto sp., 0.02% <>Themisto abyssorum.
43.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 10.17% unid. Teleostei, 0.05% non-gadoid fish remains, 1.48% Clupea pallasi, 1.95% Mallotus villosus, 1.78% Thaleichthys pacificus, 0.12% Stenobrachius leucopsarus, 8.45% Gadidae, 1.04% Gadus macrocephalus, 13.9% Theragra chalcogramma, 0.33% Zoarcidae, 0.12% Cottidae, 2.5% Hemitripterus bolini, 0.07% Cyclopteridae, 0.25% Stichaeidae, 0.64% Ammodytes hexapterus, 0.01% Pleuronectidae.
7.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Chionoecetes bairdi 1.85% Paguridae, 0.74% Majidae, 4.62% <>Chionoecetes bairdi
10.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis 6.35% unid. Euphausiacea, 3.83% <>Thysanoessa inermis, 0.11% unid. Mysidacea.
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
9.50 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Scyphozoa Scyphozoa
13.80 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Fishery offal Fishery offal.
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta 0.04% Polychaeta, 0.08% Sipuncula.
11.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus borealis 0.16% <>Pasiphaea pacifica, 2.42% Pandalidae, 6.68% <>Pandalus borealis, 0.63% <>Pandalus goniurus, 1.36% <>Pandalopsis dispar, 0.04% Crangonidae.
4.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Berryteuthis magister 0.97% Teuthoidea, 2.99% <>Berryteuthis magister, 0.01% Octopoda.
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