Food and Feeding Habits Summary Atherina boyeri
 
Main Ref. Danilova, M.M., 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.80 TL
Sample size 88 Percent empty
Country Locality Chatyrlyk Bay, Black Sea, 1985
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Atherina boyeri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Evadne spinifera Penilia sp., Moina sp., Evadne spinifera
0.11 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Balanus Balanus larvae
0.60 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Favella ehrenbergii Favella ehrenbergii
1.50 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Turbellaria Turbellaria, Nematoda
0.11 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
90.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Cyclops sp. Acartia sp., Cyclops sp., Harpacticoida, other copepod nauplii and ova
1.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes larvae polychaeta polychaeta larvae
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