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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scomber japonicus
 
Main Ref. Fujita, T., D. Kitagawa, Y. Okuyama, Y. Ishito, T. Inada and Y. Jin, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 29.20 SL
Sample size 137 Percent empty 10
Country Japan Locality 120 and 140 m off the Pacific coast of Iwate Perfecture.
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
23.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis japonicus Sardinops sagax 17.0 Engraulis japonicus 23.0
35.00 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fishes unidentified fishes
18.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus unidentified organic matter 9.0 inorganic matter 9.0
7.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Themisto japonica Themisto japonica 5.0 Euphausiacea 2.0
12.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaroidea unidentified crustaceans 8.0 Gammaroidea 1.0
3.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda Cephalopoda
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