Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trachurus trachurus
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage adults Mean length 27.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Trachurus trachurus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
47.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults whiting 2.7% cod, 7.7% haddock, 22.5% whiting, 8.2% herring, 6.6% Gadidae, 0.1% Crystal goby
0.30 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Flatfish Flatfish larvae
51.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults decapods 16.5% copepods, 35.1% decapods, 0.3% other Caridea
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