Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pagellus bogaraveo
 
Main Ref. Morato, T., E. Solà, M.P. Grós and G. Menezes, 2001
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.50 FL
Sample size 1263 Percent empty 46.9
Country Azores Is. Locality Caught off Azores during spring 1996 and 1997.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pagellus bogaraveo
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
67.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Macroramphosus scolopax Ceratoscopelas maderensis 2.1 Ceratoscopelas sp. 2.4 Lobianchia dofleini 0.2 Myctophidae unid. 13.1 Gadella maraldi 0.4 Capros aper 4.8 Macroramphosus scolopax 14.6 Pisces unid. 25.9
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Diacria trispinosa Diacria trispinosa
3.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Penaeidea Penaeidea 0.5 Amphipoda 0.1 Crustacea 2.7
22.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Thaliacea Thaliacea
2.40 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiurida Ophiurida
0.80 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges sponges 0.7 Siphonophora 0.1
3.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda Cephalopoda
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