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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 Northwestern part of Black Sea, near Zmeinyi Island, 1957
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
4.40 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Lamellibranchia Lamellibranchia
3.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Podon spp. Podon spp., 2.3%; Evadne spp., 1.5%
4.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans larvae Cirripedia Cirripedia nauplii
2.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Cirripedia Cirripedia cypris
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona nana Oithona nana
3.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Harpacticoida Harpacticoida
77.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Acartia clausi Acartia clausi, 64.6%; Calanus euxinus, 7.5%; Pseudocalanus elongatus, 5%; Paracalanus parvus, 0.2%
2.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes larvae Polychaeta Polychaeta larvae
1.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda larvae
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