| Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
| Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 26.00 NG |
| Sample size | 280 | Percent empty | 20 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Inshore North of Cape Hatteras. |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 1.00 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | amphipods | juv./adults | amphipods | |
| 76.30 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Anchoa mitchilli | 1.7% Etrumeus teres, 1.5% Clupeidae, 1.6% Anchoa hepsetus, 20% Anchoa mitchilli, 0.9% Engraulidae, 0.7% Myctophidae, 1.3% Gadidae, 4.1% Ammodytes dubius, 2.5% Caranx hippos, 1.2% Cynoscion regalis, 1.8% Peprilus triacanthus, 11.6% Citharichthys arctifrons, 1.6% Bothidae, 25.8% unidentified Osteichthyes. |
| 0.80 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and misc. |
| 11.10 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Ovalipes ocellatus | 3.7% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 1.7% Crangon septemspinosa, 5.1% Ovalipes ocellatus, 0.6% unidentified decapoda. |
| 3.70 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | juv./adults | Neomysis americana | 0.9% Mysidopsis bigelowi, 2.7% Neomysis americana, 0.1% unidentified mysids. |
| 0.20 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | crustacea | Unidentified crustacea. |
| 1.00 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | polychaetes | |
| 5.90 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Loligo sp. | 5.5% Loligo sp., 0.4% unidentified Cephalopoda. |