Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cynoscion guatucupa
 
Main Ref. SardiƱa, P. and A.C.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.50 TL
Sample size 361 Percent empty 16.9
Country Argentina Locality Bahia Blanca estuary, March 2000 to Feb. 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cynoscion guatucupa
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.50 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Sciaenidae Sciaenidae 3.9 Fish unidentified 5.6
54.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 18.5 Neomysis americana 14.5 mysids unidentified 21.7
5.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
7.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici
1.81 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Acartia tonsa/Paracalanus parvus 0.01 Labidocera fluviatilis 1.1 Calanoides carinatus 0.2 Copepods 0.5
21.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaeids 1.5 Peisos petrunkevitchi 20.2
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