Food and Feeding Habits Summary Euthynnus affinis
 
Main Ref. Chiou, W.-D., L.-Z. Cheng and K.-W. Chen, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 418 Percent empty 42.1
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
97.86 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber australasicus unknown fishes 20.67 Benthosoma pterotum 6.69 Encrasicholina heteroloba 6.81 Decapterus spp. 23.58 Scomber australasicus 20.86 Bregmaceros lanceolatus 4.39 Decapterus maruadsi 13.64 Leiognathus brevirostris 0.52 Leiognathus lineolatus 0.08 Trichiurus lepturus 0.39 Leiognathus nuchalis 0.10 Secutor ruconius 0.03 Thryssa dussimieri 0.04 Sadinella valenciennes 0.04 Secutor insidiator 0.02
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults octopi
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
1.98 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo chinensis Loligo chinensis 0.59 squid 1.39
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