Food and Feeding Habits Summary Morone saxatilis
 
Main Ref. Hurst, T.P. and D.O. Conover, 2001
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 37 Percent empty 72.3
Country USA Locality Hudson River estuary, 1995
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Morone saxatilis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
39.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarus sp. Gammarus sp.
2.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Anchoa mitchilli Anchoa mitchilli, Menidia menidia, Ammodytes americanus
23.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
35.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Crangon septemspinosa, Palaemonetes pugio, P. vulgaris
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