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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 69 Percent empty 13
Country Turkey Locality Aegean Sea, Ismir Bay, Summer 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
59.05 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Teleostei Teleostei
0.71 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Mysidacea
1.52 % zooplankton benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans larvae Brachyura Decapoda larvae 1.22 Brachyura larvae 0.30
9.36 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods recruits/juv. Cephalopoda Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks recruits/juv. Gastropoda Opistobranchia 0.05 Gastropoda 0.04 Bivalvia 0.01
21.84 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates recruits/juv. Thaliacea Thaliacea
0.31 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps recruits/juv. Hydrozoa Hydrozoa
6.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Copepoda Copepoda
0.35 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes recruits/juv. Polychaeta Polychaeta
0.45 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Stomatopoda Stomatopoda
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