Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scophthalmus maximus
 
Main Ref. Last, J.M., 1979
Fish stage larvae Mean length 0.70 SL
Sample size 55 Percent empty
Country UK Locality West central North Sea, off the northeast coast of England, 1976
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scophthalmus maximus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
27.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Podon leuckarti Podon leuckarti
14.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans n.a./others Evadne normanni Evadne normanni
13.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Temora Temora copepodites
13.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Oikopleura Oikopleura
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Paracalanus Paracalanus nauplii
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Temora Temora nauplii
2.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Calanus Calanus nauplii
3.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Centropages Centropages & Pseudocalanus nauplii
19.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Pseudocalanus Pseudocalanus nauplii
7.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods recruits/juv. Centropages Centropages copepodites
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