Food items reported for Ethmalosa fimbriata
n = 56
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris unidentified Senegal juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Biddulphia Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cymatodiscus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cymatotheca Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Chaetoceros Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cocconeis Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus concinnus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus jonesianus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus lineatus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus radiatus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus Nigeria juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassionema nitzschioides Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cerataulina pelagica Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Actinocyclus octonarius Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Ditylum brightwelli Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Corethron criophilum Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Leptocylindrus danicus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Paralia sulcata Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pleurosigma Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Lithodesmium Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cyclotella Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassiosira subtilis Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Biddulphia regia Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Triceratium favus Sierra Leone juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Ceratium candelabrum Ghana juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Ceratium longipes Ghana juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Peridinium divergens Ghana juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Prorocentrum micans Ghana juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Nematopalaemon hastatus Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps Obelia sp. Ghana juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Aloidis Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Iphigenia Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Ostrea Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Pachymelania Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Neritina Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Tympanotomus Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids unidentified Senegal juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids Lensia sp. Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates Camerina elegans Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates Cribostomum bradyi Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Globigerina bulloides Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates Helicostomella Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified Sierra Leone juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Tomopteris Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans unidentified Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans Hyperia Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Acartia bifilosa Nigeria juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Paracalanus Ghana juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified Sierra Leone juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Oithona Nigeria juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Paracalanus Nigeria juv./adults
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