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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Stenotomus chrysops
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 16.00 NG
Sample size 111 Percent empty 41.44
Country USA Locality Southern New England
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
7.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Leptocheirus pinguis Leptocheirus pinguis (1.9%) and unidentified Amphipoda (5.1%).
0.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Osteichtyes Unidentified Osteichtyes.
35.70 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Paguridae (0.3%) and Crangon septemspinosa (<0.1%).
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Neomysis americana.
4.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda (2.4%) and unidentified Crustacea (2.0%).
6.50 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Anthozoa Anthozoa.
10.80 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Rhynchocoela Rhynchocoela.
34.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Pherusa sp. Lumbrineridae (6.9%), Pherusa sp. (3.9%), Flabelligeridae (2.1%), Nephtyidae (4.0%), Sabellidae (2.7%), Ampharetidae (5.6%), Terebellidae (0.3%), and unidentified Polychaeta (8.5%).
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