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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Syngnathus fuscus
 
Main Ref. Teixeira, R.L. and J.A. Musick, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 12.10 TL
Sample size 3488 Percent empty 5
Country USA Locality lower York River, Virginia, 1992
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Syngnathus fuscus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
81.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridea Gammaridea, Amphitoidae, Caprellidae
10.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
0.31 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
7.57 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.13 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
0.21 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Pycnogonida Pycnogonida
0.31 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
0.25 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Palaemonidae 0.1% Palaemonidae, 0.07% Crangonidae & Penaeidae
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