Food and Feeding Habits Summary Etrumeus sadina
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 11.00 NG
Sample size 81 Percent empty 17.28
Country USA Locality Continental shelf waters off the northeastern United States.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Etrumeus sadina
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarus lawrencianus Amphipoda: Gammarus lawrencianus (0.6%), Hyperiidae (<0.1%), and Byblis serrata (<0.1%).
16.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Peluronectiformes Peluronectiformes (0.8%) and unidentified Osteichthyes (15.3%).
7.10 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains.
11.80 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Osteichthyes Unspecified Osteichthyes larvae.
3.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis americana Neomysis americana (3.7%) and unspecified Mysidacea (<0.1%).
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Lucifer faxoni Shrimp: Lucifer faxoni.
2.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Unidentified Crustacea.
16.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Decapoda Unspecified Decapoda larvae (16.0%) and unidentified Crustacea larvae (0.2%).
41.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Candida armata Candida armata (0.3%), Calanoida (10.4%), and unidentified Copepoda (31.0%).
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Stomatopoda Stomatopoda.
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