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The feeding of the soft sculpin Malacocottus zonurus dwelling on the shelf and in the upper part of continental slope of the western Bering Sea is studied from materials of trawl surveys in the years 1998–2000. Description of its food composition depending on the fish size is given. It is found that basically polychaetes, decapods, amphipods, mollusks, and fishes serve as its food. When the soft sculpin reaches a length of 15–20 cm, its feeding type changes.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Napazakov, V.I. Chuchukalo, 2006, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2006, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 630–635.
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Napazakov, V.V., Chuchukalo, V.I. Feeding of soft sculpin Malacocottus zonurus (Psychrolutidae) in the western Bering Sea. J. Ichthyol. 46, 600–605 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945206080078
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