Food and Feeding Habits Summary Euthynnus affinis
 
Main Ref. Chiou, W.-D., L.-Z. Cheng and K.-W. Chen, 2004
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length NG
Sample size 242 Percent empty 38
Country Chinese Taipei Locality off Linyuan, southwestern Taiwan; Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Euthynnus affinis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
98.70 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Encrasicholina heteroloba unknown fishes 49.43 Encrasicholina heteroloba 24.01 Benthosema pterotum 20.19 Leiognathus brevirostris 2.19 Leiognathus lineolatus 0.31 Trichiurus lepturus 1.63 Leiognathus nuchalis 0.40 Secutor ruconius 0.11 Bregmaceros lanceolatus 0.04 Thryssa dussimieri 0.17 Sardinella valenciennes 0.15 Secutor insidiator 0.08
1.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo chinensis Loligo chinensis
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