Diet of an underappreciated benthic intertidal fish, <em>Cryptacanthodes maculatus</em> (Cryptacanthodidae), in eastern Maine, USA

Diet of an underappreciated benthic intertidal fish, <em>Cryptacanthodes maculatus</em> (Cryptacanthodidae), in eastern Maine, USA

We discovered through gut-content analysis over a 20-month period (June 2009–March 2011) that a little-known benthic fish, the wrymouth, <em>Cryptacanthodes maculatus</em>, preyed upon soft-bottom fauna from 8 phyla, 10 classes, and 28 genera in the lower intertidal/ shallow subtidal zon...

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Main Authors: Cody B. Jourdet, Kyle E. Pepperman, Summer D. Meredith, Brian F. Beal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2016-08-01
Series:AIMS Environmental Science
Subjects:
<em>Cryptacanthodes maculatus</em>
wrymouth
fish
subtidal-intertidal
soft-bottoms
Maine
USA
benthic community
Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/environmental/article/915/fulltext.html

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