Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cynoscion guatucupa
 
Main Ref. SardiƱa, P. and A.C.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 7.50 TL
Sample size 833 Percent empty 13.1
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
31.90 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Engraulidae Sciaenidae 5.88 Engraulidae 19.8 Fish unidentified 6.22
10.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 3.51 Neomysis americana 3.43 mysids unidentified 3.49
4.22 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea unidentified
0.93 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici
0.51 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Labidocera fluviatilis 0.38 Calanoides carinatus 0.07 Copepods 0.06
52.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaeids 6.31 Peisos petrunkevitchi 45.4
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