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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Ammodytes dubius
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 15.00 NG
Sample size 319 Percent empty 23.82
Country USA Locality Southern New England
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Ammodytes dubius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarus annulatus Parathemisto sp. (2.0%), Hyperiidae (<0.1%), Monoculodes edwardsi (0.6%), Gammarus annulatus (7.3%), and unidentifed Ampnipoda (<0.1%).
45.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Calanus sp. Calanus sp. (7.3%), Centropages sp. (5.0%), Calanoida (28.0%), and unidentified Copepoda (4.9%).
1.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes dubius Ammodytes dubius (<0.1%), Pholis gunnellus (<0.1%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (1.9%).
7.20 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
0.60 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Osteichthyes Unspecified Osteichthyes larvae.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Neomysis americana.
2.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Euphausiacea Unidentified Euphausiacea (0.2%), Cirripedia (0.1%), Cumacea (<0.1%), Ostacoda (<0.1%), and unidentified Crustacea (1.9%).
0.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Larvacea Larvacea (0.3%) and unidentified Urochordata (<0.1%).
32.20 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta sp. Sagitta elegans (3.7%), Sagitta sp. (21.1%), Chaetognatha (7.4%), unidentified Opisthobranchia (<0.1%), and unidentified Polychaeta (<0.1%).
0.30 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Cnidaria Unspecified Cnidaria.
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