Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cyclopsetta querna
 
Main Ref. Amezcua, F., A. Portillo and F. Amezcua-Linares, 2011
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 19.70 TL
Sample size 404 Percent empty 36.63
Country USA Locality coasts of Sinaloa, south-east Gulf of California
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cyclopsetta querna
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Haemulidae
0.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Trichuiridae
1.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Muraenidae %W=1.7
2.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sciaenidae %W=2.8
4.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Engraulidae %W=4.8
19.42 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Porichthys sp. %W=19.4
21.82 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Symphurus sp. %W=21.8
38.84 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleost %W=38.8
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults unspecified Portunidae
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults unspecified Paguridae %W=1
0.00 % others others n.a./others juv./adults unspecified eggs
1.00 % others others n.a./others juv./adults unspecified organic matter %W=1
5.30 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopus vulgaris %W=5.3
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults unspecified errant polychaete
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified Dendrobranchiata
1.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla sp. %W=1.7
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