Food and Feeding Habits Summary Atherina boyeri
 
Main Ref. Danilova, M.M., 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.00 TL
Sample size 94 Percent empty
Country Locality Chatyrlyk Bay, Black Sea, 1985
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Atherina boyeri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.19 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
24.40 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Brachionus sp. Brachionus sp.
2.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae polychaete polychaete larvae
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Turbellaria Turbellaria
17.80 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda
52.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Acartia Acartia, Oithona, Cyclops nauplii and ova
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