Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sprattus sprattus
 
Main Ref. Oven, L.S., N.F. Shevchenko and V.E. Giragosov, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality western part of Black Sea, near the shores of Rumania and Bulgaria, 1987
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sprattus sprattus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Oikopleura dioica Oikopleura dioica
34.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta sp. Sagitta sp.
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Acartia clausii Acartia clausii
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Paracalanus parvus Paracalanus parvus
1.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Pseudocalanus elongatus Pseudocalanus elongatus
60.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus euxinus Calanus euxinus
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