| Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
| Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | NG |
| Sample size | 399 | Percent empty | 31.58 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Southern New England and Northwest Atlantic. |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 1.10 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Scomber scombrus | Scomber scombrus (0.6%) and Thunnus sp. (0.5%). |
| 2.40 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Scombridae | Unspecified Scombridae. |
| 4.50 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Scomberesox saurus | Anguilla rostrata (0.2%), Breovoortia tyrannus (,0.1%), unspecified Gadidae (0.2%), Macrozoarces americanus (0.1%), Scomberesox saurus (,0.4%), unspecified Scorpaenidae (0.4%).Euthynnus pelamis (0.4%), Periplus triacanthus (<,0.1%), Sebastes fasciatus (<,0.3%), unspecified Triglidae (0.1%), and other unidentified Osteichthyes (2.2%). |
| 12.40 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Xiphias gladius | Xiphias gladius |
| 77.50 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Pomatomus saltatrix | Pomatomus saltatrix |
| 0.10 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and miscellaneous. |
| 0.20 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other cephalopods | juv./adults | Cephalopoda | Unidentified Cephalopoda. |
| 0.30 % | nekton | finfish | n.a./other finfish | juv./adults | Prionace glauca | Prionace glauca (0.1%), and unspecified Chondrichtyes (0.2%). |
| 0.30 % | others | mammals | n.a./other mammals | juv./adults | Mammalia | Unspecified Mammalia. |
| 1.20 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Illex ilecebrosus | Illex ilecebrosus (1.2%), Loligo pealeii (,0.1%), and unidentified cephalopods (0.2%). |