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 376 Percent empty 53.9
Country Argentina Locality Canal del Embudo zone, Bahía Blanca estuary. Winter 2000
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
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults copepods copepods
24.70 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Sciaenidae Sciaenidae 0.6 unid. Fish 24.1
0.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs
3.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Mysids 0.6 Neomysis americana 1.2 Arthromysis magellanica 1.7
8.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
0.70 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 0.7
12.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
48.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaieds 3.6 Peisos petrunkevitchi 44.9
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