| Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
| Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 187.00 NG |
| Sample size | 1199 | Percent empty | 51.5 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Northwest Atlantic |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 51.80 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Pomatomus saltatrix | Clupea harengus (0.4%), unspecified Clupeida (2.2%), Lophius americanus (0.1%), Alepisaurus sp. (8.9%), Gadidae (13.2%), Pomatomus saltatrix (13.4%), Stenotomus chrysops (0.1%), Scomber scombrus (2.5%), Peprilus triacanthus (1.1%), Pleuronectes ferruginus (2.1%), and unidentrified Osteichthyes (7.8%). |
| 3.90 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and miscellaneous. |
| 0.40 % | others | birds | n.a./other birds | juv./adults | sea and land birds | Unspecified sea and land birds. |
| 8.70 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other cephalopods | juv./adults | Cephalopoda | Unidentified Cephalopoda. |
| 2.10 % | nekton | finfish | n.a./other finfish | juv./adults | Prionace glauca | Prionace glauca (0.5%), Squaliformes (1.1%), Raja sp. (0.4%), and Rajidae (0.1%). |
| 8.00 % | others | mammals | n.a./other mammals | juv./adults | Mammalia | Unspecified Mammalia. |
| 21.40 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | octopi | juv./adults | Octopodida | Unspecified Octopodida. |
| 3.70 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Illex illecebrosus | Illex illecebrosus. |