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 157 Percent empty 26.7
Country Argentina Locality Bahia Blanca estuary. Winter of March 2000 - 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
2.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Labidocera fluviatilis 1.6 Calanoides carinatus 0.5
4.20 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Fish Fish unidentified 4.2
68.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 23.0 Neomysis americana 11.9 mysids unidentified 33.8
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
5.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici
17.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaeids 0.8 Peisos petrunkevitchi 16.7
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