Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropogonias furnieri
 
Main Ref. Sardiña, P. and A.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.50 TL
Sample size 178 Percent empty 24.7
Country Argentina Locality Canal del Embudo zone, Bahía Blanca estuary. March 2000 - February 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropogonias furnieri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipods Amphipods 0.07 Crabs 0.02
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Acartia tonsa 0.38 Labidocera fluviatilis 1.82 Copepods 0.13
12.50 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Sciaenidae Sciaenidae 4.12 unid. Fish 7.49
12.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Mysids 8.15 Neomysis americana 2.50 Arthromysis magellanica 0.97
57.40 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 53.26
7.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
7.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea 6.61
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