| Food I | Food II | Food III | Food name | Country | Predator Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detritus | detritus | debris | sand grains | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| detritus | detritus | debris | unidentified | Senegal | juv./adults |
| nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | Sepia | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | fish bones | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | fish scales | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | Ilisha africana | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | unidentified | Ivory coast | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Bacillaria | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Noctiluca | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | Dinobryon | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | Trichodesmium | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | unidentified | Senegal | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | amphipods | unidentified amphipods | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | benth. copepods | unidentified copepods | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | Nematopalaemon hastatus | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | Palaemon hastatus | Ivory coast | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | Parapenaeopsis atlantica | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | unidentified | Senegal | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | stomatopods | stomatopods | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | cnidarians | n.a./other polyps | unidentified coelenterates | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | unidentified insects | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other mollusks | unidentified molluscs | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | worms | n.a./other annelids | unidentified | Senegal | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | Nereis | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | fish (early stages) | fish eggs/larvae | fish eggs | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | fish (early stages) | fish eggs/larvae | fish larvae | Sierra Leone | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. Invertebrates | unidentified | Senegal | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | Rhopalopthalmus africanus | Nigeria | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | unidentified | (not available) | juv./adults |