Food and Feeding Habits Summary Euthynnus affinis
 
Main Ref. Chiou, W.-D., L.-Z. Cheng and K.-W. Chen, 2004
Fish stage adults Mean length NG
Sample size 176 Percent empty 47
Country Chinese Taipei Locality off Linyuan, southwestern Taiwan; Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Euthynnus affinis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
97.59 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber australasicus Alepes spp. 31.03 Scomber australasicus 27.44 Bregmaceros lanceolatus 5.76 unknown fishes 11.60 Decapterus maruadsi 17.95 Benthosema pterotum 2.43 Encrasicholina heteroloba 1.38
0.13 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octupus spp. Octupus spp. 0.13
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
2.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo chinensis squid 1.83 Loligo chinensis 0.37
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