Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trachurus symmetricus
 
Main Ref. Konchina, Y.V., 1983
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 38.00 TL
Sample size 296 Percent empty 9
Country Peru Locality Shelf zone along the entire Peruvian coast, 1972-1973.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Trachurus symmetricus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
20.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
53.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
1.10 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids n.a./others Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
11.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
7.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
5.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults stomatopods
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