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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sarpa salpa
 
Main Ref. Whitfield, A.K., 1985
Fish stage larvae Mean length 2.40 SL
Sample size 335 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality Swartvlei estuary, 1980.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sarpa salpa
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
99.00 % plants phytoplankton green algae n.a./others algae Filamentous algae
0.70 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Chironomidae Chironomidae
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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