Diet Overlap

Lophius americanus (Monkfish)
Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)

Common Diet

Merluccius bilinearis (Whiting)
Peprilus triacanthus (Sheephead)

Common Habitat

Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Canada
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
United States

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food and Ontogenetic Shifts in Feeding of the Goosefish, Lophius Americanus, Michael P. Armstrong, John A. Musick, and James A. Colvocoresses, J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., Vol. 18: 99–103
♦ 2Food 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)