Food items reported for Illex illecebrosus
n = 16
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unspecified squids (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus fabricii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus harengus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Fundulus spp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boreogadus saida Canada juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mallotus villosus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Osmerus mordax mordax (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Salmo salar (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber scombrus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unspecified gammarids USA juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Crangon spp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unspecified gastropods (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unspecified pteropods (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unspecified polychaetes USA juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unspecified chaetognaths (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unspecified euphausiids USA juv./adults
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