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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Menticirrhus saxatilis
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.00 NG
Sample size 34 Percent empty 5.85
Country USA Locality Inshore north of Cape Hatteras.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Menticirrhus saxatilis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarus annulatus Ampelisca verrilli (1.1%), Gammarus annulatus (3.2%), and unidentified Amphipoda (0.3%).
27.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulidae Engraulidae (27%), Bothidae (<0.1%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (0.9%).
6.00 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
6.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Pinniza chaetopterana Callianassa setimanus (0.6%), Cancer irroratus (1.9%), Portunus sp. (0.6%), and Pinniza chaetopterana (3.7%).
33.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda (32.2%), unidentified Crustacea (0.9%), and unspecified Mysidacea (<0.1%).
14.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Lumbrineris fragilis Lumbrineris fragilis (2.6%), Onuphidae (3.7%), Glyceridae (1.1%), Nephtys bucera (1.1%), Nephtys sp. (<2.8%), Nephtyidae (0.7%), and unidentified Polychaeta (2.4%).
7.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Acetes sp. (0.1%) and Crangon septemspinosa (7.1%).
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