Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cynoscion guatucupa
 
Main Ref. SardiƱa, P. and A.C.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 7.00 TL
Sample size 390 Percent empty 10.5
Country Argentina Locality Bahia Blanca estuary, March 2000 to Feb. 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cynoscion guatucupa
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
27.10 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Engraulidae Sciaenidae 5.5 Engraulidae 10.9 Fish unidentified 10.7
10.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 4.0 Neomysis americana 3.6 mysids unidentified 3.3
6.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
0.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 0.6
0.62 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Acartia tonsa/Paracalanus parvus 0.02 Labidocera fluviatilis 0.5 Calanoides carinatus 0.1
54.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaeids 8.4 Peisos petrunkevitchi 45.6
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