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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Anchoa hepsetus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 11.00 NG
Sample size 15 Percent empty 6.7
Country USA Locality Inshore north of Cape Hatteras
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Anchoa hepsetus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Osteichthyes Scales of unspecified Osteichthyes.
11.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
30.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Neomysis americana
48.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Unidentified Mysidacea.
0.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults crustaceans Unidentified crustaceans.
2.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Callianassa setimanus Penaeidae (1.7%) and Callianassa setimanus (1.1%).
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Centropages sp. Centropages sp. (0.1%) and Calanoida (0.2%).
5.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Phyllodocidae Phyllodocidae (0.2%) and unidentified Polychaeta (5.7%).
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