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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scomber japonicus
 
Main Ref. Sever, T.M., B. Bayhan, M. Bilecenoglu and S. Mavili, 2006
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 17.50 TL
Sample size 296 Percent empty 76
Country Turkey Locality Aegean Sea, Ismir Bay, 2001
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scomber japonicus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.67 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipoda
2.99 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Copepoda Copepoda
42.56 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Teleostei Teleostei
3.13 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda Isopoda
2.79 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Mysidacea
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Stomatopoda Cladocera 0.01 Ostracoda 0.07 Stomatopoda 0.15
2.64 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods recruits/juv. Cephalopoda Cephalopoda
0.42 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Decapoda Cirripedia larvae 0.01 Decapoda larvae 0.29 Brachyura larvae 0.13
39.37 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates recruits/juv. Thaliacea Thaliacea
0.23 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps recruits/juv. Hydrozoa Hydrozoa 0.11 Polychaeta 0.07
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