Feeding habits of the deep-sea fish, Scopelogadus beanii (Pisces: Melamphaidae), in the western North Atlantic
Gartner, J.V.; Musick, J.A. (1989). Feeding habits of the deep-sea fish, Scopelogadus beanii (Pisces: Melamphaidae), in the western North Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 36(10): 1457-1469. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(89)90051-4
In: Deep-Sea Research, Part I. Oceanographic Research Papers. Elsevier: Oxford. ISSN 0967-0637; e-ISSN 1879-0119, more
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Aquatic organisms > Food organisms
Behaviour > Feeding behaviour
Deep sea
Stomach content
Melamphaidae Gill, 1893 [WoRMS]; Pisces [WoRMS]; Scopelogadus beanii (Günther, 1887) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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- Gartner, J.V.
- Musick, J.A.
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Stomach contents were examined from 106 specimens (37-113 mm SL) of the melamphaid Scoepelogadus beanii collected from the slope waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean by bottom and midwater trawls. Seventy-five stomachs (70.8%) contained food. Gelatinous zooplankton (mainly salps) and associated obligate and facultative symbiotic hyperiid amphipods of the genera Vibilia, Parathemisto, and Phronima were the predominant food items in the stomachs of S. beanii, although calanoid copepods (especially Paraeuchaeta norbegica) were of similar importance in individuals from offshore midwater trawls. Other pelagic prey items included halocyprid ostracods, euphausiids and fishes. |
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