Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Main Ref.	Pierce, G.J., M.B. Santos, R.J. Reid, I.A.P. Patterson and H.M. Ross, 2004
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	566.50 none
Sample size	10	Percent empty
Country	UK	Locality	Scotland
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gobiidae
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trisopterus spp.
1.34 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupea harengus
5.83 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scomber scombrus
11.02 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sprattus sprattus
20.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupeid	Could not be indentified to species level; either herring or sprat.
61.71 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Ammodytidae