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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Oligoplites saurus
 
Main Ref. Carr, W.E.S. and C.A. Adams, 1972
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.60 SL
Sample size 20 Percent empty 5
Country USA Locality about 3 miles NW of the mouth of Crystal River, Florida, April to August 1971
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Oligoplites saurus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
17.95 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
10.68 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
22.65 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults parasites free-living parasites
48.72 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Caligoid copepods Ectoparasites primarily Caligoid copepods
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