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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 238 Percent empty 39.08
Country USA Locality Inshore north of Cape Hatteras.
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
8.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarus annulatus Gammarus annulatus (5.7%), Leptocheirus pinguis (0.6%), and unidentified Amphipoda (2.5%).
30.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes dubius Ammodytes dubius (28.4%), Peprilus triacanthus (1.4%), unspecified Osteichthyes larvae (<0.1%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (0.2%).
7.70 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
6.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer irroratus Paguridae (0.2%) and Cancer irroratus (6.6%).
2.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Neomysis americana
4.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Unidentified Decapoda (0.5%), unidentified Crustacea (3.5%), Crangon septemspinosa (0.4%).
2.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopods Unidentified Cephalopods.
9.40 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Ceriantharia Ceriantharia.
14.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Ophioglycera gigantea Lumbrineris fragilis (0.4%), Lumbrineridae (0.7%), Pherusa affinis (0.6%)Pherusa sp. (0.3%), Flabelligeridae (0.7%), Ophiopglycera gigantea (2.3%), Nephtyidae (4.0%), Ampharetidae (<0.1%), Terebellidae (<0.1%), and unidentified Polychaeta (5.8%).
13.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex sp. Illex sp. (12.5%) and Loligo pealeii (0.9%).
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