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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Prionace glauca
 
Main Ref. Harvey, J.T., 1989
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 150.00 TL
Sample size 150 Percent empty 3
Country USA Locality Monterey Bay, California
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Prionace glauca
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.50 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
61.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis mordax 15.7% Engraulis mordax, 8.5% Merluccius productus, 12.1% Squalus acanthias, 3.4% Clupea harengus, 2.2% Citharichthys sordidus, 1.6% Porichthys notatus, 1.5% Sebastes paucispinus, 1.9% Anoploma fimbria, 2.1% Sebastes goodei, 1.3% Stenobrachius leucopsarus, 1.1% Genyonemus lineatus, 0.9% Syngnathus californiensis, 0.4% Leocopsetta exilis, 0.2% Chilara taylori, 0.2% Lampetra tridentata, 0.2% Sebastes spp., 8.1% unid. Teleosts
13.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa spinifera 8.2% Thysanoessa spinifera, 0.3% Pandalus jordani, 0.2% Euphausia pacifica, 4.9% unid. euphausiids
1.30 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults finfish
20.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo opalescens 2.1% Loligo opalescens, 2% Octopoteuthis deletron, 0.9% Vampyroteuthis infernalis, 0.9% Onychoteuthis borealijaponicus0.3% Argonauta pacifica, 0.3% Dosidicus gigas, 2.8% Octopus spp. 3.7% Gonatus spp., 1.7% Histioteuthis spp., 5.7% unid. Cephalopods
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