Food and Feeding Habits Summary Atheresthes evermanni
 
Main Ref. Orlov, A.M. and I.N. Moukhametov, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 60.50 NG
Sample size 446 Percent empty 58.74
Country Locality Western Bering Sea, summer-autumn 1997
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Atheresthes evermanni
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
33.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Theragra chalcogramma 15.5% Theragra chalcogramma, 10.4% Clupea pallasii, 3.6% unidentified fish, 1.3% Lycodes concolor, 1.1% Lycodes brevipes, 0.7% Lumpenella longirostris, 0.7% Malacocottus zonurus, 0.1% Stenobrachius leucopsarus.
53.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Fishery offal Fishery offal.
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Mysidacea.
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus goniurus Pandalus goniurus
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pandalus hypsinotus 0.2% unidentified organic material and <0.1% of Pandalus hypsinotus (Decapoda), Buccinidae and Teuthidae (Mollusca).
12.70 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Berryteuthis magister 11.9% Berryteuthis magister, 0.8% Octopoda.
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