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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Saurida tumbil
 
Main Ref. Venkata Subba Rao, K., 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 38.00 TL
Sample size 188 Percent empty 38
Country India Locality Between 16°40'N-21°00'N along the northwestern Bay of Bengal, 1964-1968
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Saurida tumbil
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sciaenidae Sciaenidae
4.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Carangidae Carangidae
4.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Leiognathus spp. Leiognathus spp.
7.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Upeneus spp. Upeneus spp.
9.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trichiurus spp. Trichiurus spp.
15.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Rastrelliger kanagurta 13.7% Rastrelliger kanagurta, 1.5% Sardinella spp.
15.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Saurida spp. 13.8% Saurida spp., 1.6% Stolephorus spp.
21.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
10.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeus 10.6% Penaeus, 0.06% Metapenaeus spp., 0.18% Parapenaeus spp.
7.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo sp. Loligo sp.
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