Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sprattus sprattus
 
Main Ref. Oven, L.S., N.F. Shevchenko and V.E. Giragosov, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Northwestern part of Black Sea, near Zmeinyi Island, 1958
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sprattus sprattus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Lamellibranchiata Lamellibranchiata
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans larvae Cirripedia Cirripedia nauplii
0.40 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Oikopleura dioica Oikopleura dioica
0.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Paracalanus parvus Paracalanus parvus
3.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus euxinus Calanus euxinus
14.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Pseudocalanus elongatus Pseudocalanus elongatus
79.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Acartia clausi Acartia clausi
0.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda larvae
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