Diet Overlap

Mycteroperca microlepis (Velvet rockfish)
Syngnathus fuscus (Northern pipefish)

Common Diet

Gammarus mucronatus
Neomysis americana (Mysid shrimp)

Common Habitat

Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Gulf of Mexico
Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
United States

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ontogenetic Shifts in the Diet of Gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, (Goode and Bean), (Pisces: Serranidae), Michael D. Mullaney, Jr., Proceedings of the 43rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, pp. 432-445 (1994)
♦ 2Feeding Ecology of the Northern Pipefish, Syngnathus fuscus,in a Seagrass Community of the Lower Chesapeake Bay, CLIFFORD H. RYER & ROBERT J. ORTH, Estuaries Vol 10, No. 4, p. 330-336 December 1987
♦ 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)