Diet Overlap

Pseudopleuronectes americanus (rough flounder)
Leucoraja erinacea (common skate)

Common Diet

Alitta acutifolia (ambergele zeeduizendpoot)
Crangon septemspinosa (sevenspine bay shrimp)
Leptocheirus pinguis
Neomysis americana (Mysid shrimp)
Scoletoma fragilis
Unciola irrorata

Common Habitat

Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Canada
Forillon National Park
Gateway National Recreation Area
Kouchibouguac National Park
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park
Scotian Shelf
United States

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p.
♦ 2Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea, Life History and Habitat Characteristics, David B. Packer, Christine A. Zetlin, and Joseph J. Vitaliano, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-175 (2003)
♦ 3Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)