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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Symphodus melops
 
Main Ref. Deady, S. and J.M. Fives, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 16.00 TL
Sample size 79 Percent empty
Country Ireland Locality Spiddal, Galway Bay, May to July 1987
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Symphodus melops
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipoda 12.5 Cumacea 0.1 Copepoda 0.1
2.50 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Algae Algae 2.4
53.80 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia Bivalvia 51.3 Chitonida 0.1
1.50 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish fish eggs 1.4
19.00 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda Gastropoda 18.2
0.40 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Insecta Insecta 0.4
5.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Ostracoda Isopoda 5.0 Ostracoda 0.2
2.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cirripedia Decapoda 1.4 Cirripedia 0.6
0.70 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Polychaeta 0.7
1.40 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges sponges 1.0 Hydrozoa 0.1 Foraminifera 0.1 Pycnogonidae 0.1 Bryozoa 0.1 Ascidians 0.1
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