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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Thunnus thynnus
 
Main Ref. Eggleston, D.B. and E.A. Bochenek, 1990
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 51.00 FL
Sample size 97 Percent empty 26
Country USA Locality Middle Atlantic Bight, Virginia, 1986.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Thunnus thynnus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.51 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Peprilus triacanthus Peprilus triacanthus
30.75 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes spp. Ammodytes spp.
49.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Hippocampus erectus 49.46% unidentified teleosts, primarily sand lance; 0.07% Hippocampus erectus, 0.04% Aluterus scriptus
0.37 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
0.15 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults cephalopods unidentified cephalopods
3.71 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo pealeii Loligo pealeii
12.92 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Lolliguncula brevis Lolliguncula brevis
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