Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cynoscion guatucupa
 
Main Ref. SardiƱa, P. and A.C.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 7.00 TL
Sample size 54 Percent empty 5.6
Country Argentina Locality Bahia Blanca estuary. Summer of March 2000 - Feb. 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cynoscion guatucupa
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Labidocera fluviatilis 1.4
10.80 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Fish Fish unidentified 10.8
35.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 16.1 Neomysis americana 10.3 mysids unidentified 9.0
23.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
0.20 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici
28.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaeids 0.8 Peisos petrunkevitchi 27.8
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