| Main Ref. | Franks, J.S., K.E. VanderKooy and N.M. Garber, 2003 | ||
| Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 48.50 TL |
| Sample size | 136 | Percent empty | 24 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Mississippi Sound, April 1995-September 1997. |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 50.60 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Chloroscombrus chrysurus | Bascanichthys bascanium 1.8 Myrophis punctatus 0.6 Brevoortia patronus 25.3 unid. Clupeid 1.6 Anchoa spp. 0.4 Porichthys plectrodon <0.1 Menidia beryllina 0.6 Chloroscombrus chrysurus 4.2 Selar crumenophthalmus 2.7 unid. Carangid <0.1 Lagodon rhomboides 0.6 Chaetodipterus faber 0.3 Hypsoblennius hentzi 0.2 unid. Blennid 0.1 Peprilus alepidotus 1.7 Peprilus burti 0.1 unid. Bothid 0.1 unid. Soleid 0.2 fish remains 10.1 |
| 16.00 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Callinectes sapidus | Callinectes sapidus 5.6 Callinectes similis 3.6 Portunus gibbesii 1.3 Portunus sayi 1.0 Portunus spp. 1.1 unid. Portunid 1.9 crab remains 1.5 |
| 33.40 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | juv./adults | Farfantepenaues aztecus | Farfantepenaues aztecus 16.7 Litopenaeus setiferus 6.8 Farfantepenaeus sp. 6.2 Trachypenaeus similis <0.1 unid. Penaeid 1.8 shrimp remains 1.9 |