Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropogonias furnieri
 
Main Ref. Sardiña, P. and A.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.50 TL
Sample size 18 Percent empty 11.1
Country Argentina Locality Canal del Embudo zone, Bahía Blanca estuary. Summer 2001
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropogonias furnieri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults copepods copepods
9.60 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Fish unid. Fish 9.6
58.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Mysids 50.5 Neomysis americana 7.6 Arthromysis magellanica 0.5
19.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
2.40 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 2.4
9.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Peisos petrunkevitchi 9.6
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