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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Menticirrhus saxatilis
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 24.00 NG
Sample size 43 Percent empty 6.98
Country USA Locality Inshore south of Cape Hatteras.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Menticirrhus saxatilis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ophichthus cruentifer Ophichthus cruentifer (2.9%), Engraulidae (1.0%), Bothidae (<0.1%), and unidentified Osteichthyes (0.9%).
0.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
77.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Albunea paretii Ovalipes ocellatus (13.3%), Portunus gibbesii (1.4%), Portunus spinicarpus (0.3%), Portunus sp. (2.2%), Portunidae (41.5%), and Albunea paretii (17.7%).
0.20 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Osteichthyes Unspecified Osteichthyes larvae.
12.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Ampelisca verrilli Ogyrides sp. (0.3%), unidentified Decapoda (11.0%), and unidentified Crustacea (<0.1%), Amphipoda: Ampelisca verrilli (<0.1%), and unidentified Amphipoda (<0.1%), and unspecified Mysidacea (<0.1%).
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Unspecified Mollusca.
1.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Nephtys sp. Onuphidae (1.0%), Nephtys sp. (<0.1%), and unidentified Polychaeta (0.3%).
2.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Acetes sp. Acetes sp. (pelagic; 0.7%), Penaeidae (0.3%), and Hippolytidae (1.3%).
1.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla empusa Squilla empusa.
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