Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sprattus sprattus
 
Main Ref. Sirotenko, M.D. and L.K. Sorokalit, 1979
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 7.10 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Black Sea, 1957
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sprattus sprattus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Harpacticoida Harpacticoida
1.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Podon leuckarti 0.7% Penilia avirostris, 0.1% Evadne spinifera, 1% Podon leuckarti
0.10 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Coscinodiscus Coscinodiscus
0.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Cipris cirripedia 0.6% Cipris cirripedia, <0.1% Nauplii cirripedia
10.50 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta euxina Sagitta euxina
7.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Lamellibranch Lamellibranch larvae
79.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus helgolandicus 37.3% Calanus helgolandicus, 16.9% Acartia clausi, 14.6% Pseudocalanus elongatus, 10.4% Paracalanus parvus
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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