Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropogonias furnieri
 
Main Ref. Sardiña, P. and A.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 11.50 TL
Sample size 617 Percent empty 35.2
Country Argentina Locality Canal del Embudo zone, Bahía Blanca estuary. March 2000 - February 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropogonias furnieri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.41 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
13.89 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Engraulidae Sciaenidae 3.50 Engraulidae 4.40 unid. Fish 5.99
0.73 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs
1.15 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Mysids 0.26 Neomysis americana 0.31 Arthromysis magellanica 0.59
2.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
0.24 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 0.24
14.05 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
66.79 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaieds 11.71 Peisos petrunkevitchi 55.08
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