They are surface feeders, and swim in large schools in quest of menhaden, scup, and other small fishes. |
Frigatebirds feed primarily on flying fish, but will also take menhaden, squid or jellyfish. |
The town was founded in 1874, and it did well for itself thanks to a small, oily, bony fish called menhaden. |
These larger animals include the great schools of fish, such as tuna, menhaden, cod and mackerel, which we catch for food. |
Capt. Benjamin Ashby says that they feed on mackerel, herring, whiting, and menhaden. |
A small, oily fish — also called bunker or pogy — the Atlantic menhaden is rarely eaten by humans, and little known outside of coastal circles. |