Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropterus salmoides
 
Main Ref. Turner, J.L., 1966
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.00 TL
Sample size 50 Percent empty 46
Country USA Locality Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropterus salmoides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
3.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Dorosoma petenense Dorosoma petenense
4.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pomoxis nigromaculatus Pomoxis nigromaculatus
5.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
19.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lepomis macrochirus Lepomis macrochirus
15.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Pacifastacus leniusculus Pacifastacus leniusculus
51.50 % others herps toads/frogs n.a./others Rana catesbeiana Rana catesbeiana
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