Food and Feeding Habits Summary Stenotomus chrysops
 
Main Ref. Sagarese, S.R., R.M. Cerrato and M.G. Frisk, 2011
Fish stage adults Mean length 27.30 TL
Sample size 70 Percent empty 16
Country USA Locality Long Island Bays, New York.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Stenotomus chrysops
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
70.03 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults unspecified clam %W=62.3.
1.08 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Brevoortia tyrannus %W=0.96.
0.15 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer irroratus %W=0.13.
0.03 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others unspecified marine plant matter %W=0.03.
2.97 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis sp. %W=2.64.
11.62 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults unspecified annelids %W=10.34.
8.93 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustaceans %W=7.94.
2.35 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified fish %W=2.09.
0.08 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults unspecified mollusks %W=0.07.
2.77 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon sp. %W=2.46.
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