Food and Feeding Habits Summary Benthophilus macrocephalus
 
Main Ref. Tsykhon-Lukanina, E.A., 1959
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 290 Percent empty
Country Russia Locality Northern Caspian Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Benthophilus macrocephalus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
31.40 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults varia Adacna 8.6 Didacna 3.8 Cardium 2.8 Monodacna 14.9 Dreissena 1.3
23.96 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unidentified
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults unidentified
0.04 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae
8.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults unidentified
16.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults varia Cumacea 7.8 Gammaridae 5.4 Corophiidae 3.1 Varia 0.004
1.80 % others others n.a./others juv./adults unidentified
17.70 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults varia Nereis 17.4 Ampharetidae 0.3
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