Food items reported for Neochelon falcipinnis
n = 31
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris unidentified Senegal juv./adults
detritus detritus debris unidentified Ghana recruits/juv.
detritus detritus debris unidentified particulate organic matter Ghana recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish fish scales Ghana juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified fish flesh Ghana recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified fish scales Ghana recruits/juv.
others others n.a./others unidentified bacteria Ghana recruits/juv.
others others n.a./others unidentified fungi Ghana recruits/juv.
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds filamentous algae Nigeria juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified macrophytes Ghana recruits/juv.
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae blue-green algae Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton blue-green algae unidentified blue-green algae Ghana recruits/juv.
plants phytoplankton diatoms unidentified diatoms Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms unidentified diatoms Ghana recruits/juv.
plants phytoplankton green algae unidentified green algae Ghana recruits/juv.
plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton unidentified Senegal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified copepods Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified crustacean fragments Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified ostracods Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified ostracods Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps unidentified hydrozoan coelenterates Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unidentified protozoans Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unidentified benthic rotifers Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges unspecified sponges (spicules) Ghana recruits/juv.
zoobenthos worms non-annelids unidentified nematodes Ghana recruits/juv.
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae fish eggs Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified annelid larvae Ghana recruits/juv.
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified molluskan larvae Ghana recruits/juv.
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates unidentified Senegal juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified crustacean eggs/larvae Ghana recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified calanoid/cyclopoid copepods Ghana recruits/juv.
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