Food and Feeding Habits Summary Centropristis striata
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.00 NG
Sample size 185 Percent empty 28.12
Country USA Locality Inshore South of Cape Hatteras.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Centropristis striata
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
12.60 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Laevicardium sp. Laevicardium sp. (9.0%) and unidentified Bivalvia (3.6%).
43.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cyprinodon variegatus Alepocephalidae (1.9%), Clupea harengus (2%), Anchoa hepsetus(22.3%), Engraulidae (3.2%), Cyprinodon variegatus (4.4%), Stenotomus chrysops (3.7%), unidentified Osteichthyes (6.2%), and unidentified Osteichthyes larvae (<0.1%).
3.20 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
11.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Ovalipes sp. Panguridae (3.9%), Cancer irroratus (2.2%), and Ovalipes sp. (5.5%).
21.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unspecified Amphipoda (<0.1%), unidentified Decapoda (21.4%) and unidentified Crustacea (0.5%).
5.90 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda.
1.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults other mollusks Unidentified Mollusca.
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