| Main Ref. | Santic, M., I. Jardas and A. Pallaoro, 2003 | ||
| Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 24.80 TL |
| Sample size | 1200 | Percent empty | 50.5 |
| Country | Locality | central Adriatic Sea. January-December 1996. | |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 54.90 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Maurolicus muelleri | Gadiculus argenteus 14.55 Maurolicus muelleri 81.93 Engraulis encrasicolus 5.46 Lesueurigobius friesii 2.29 Helicolenus dactylopterus 5.20 Arnoglossus laterna 2.40 Sardina pilchardus 1.63 Aphia minuta 0.89 Phycis blennoides 1.41 Belone belone 1.32 Trisopterus minutus capelanus 0.83 Lepidopus caudatus 2.05 Scorpaena porcus 0.54 Scomber scombrus 0.21 Merluccius merluccius 0.27 Trigla lyra 0.19 Phycis phycis 0.13 Boops boops 0.08 Conger conger 0.07 unid. Teleostei 2.34 |
| 34.08 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | euphausiids | juv./adults | Nyctiphanes couchii | Nyctiphanes couchii 19.46 Euphausia krohni 9.53 Meganyctiphanes norvegica 3.36 non-id. Euphausiaceae 1.73 |
| 2.14 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | juv./adults | Lophogaster typicus | Lophogaster typicus 2.14 |
| 0.95 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | polychaetes | |
| 4.67 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | juv./adults | Parapenaeus longirostris | Parapenaeus longirostris 1.86 Munida rugosa 1.16 Penaeus kerathurus 0.66 Processa edulis 0.28 non-id. Decapoda 0.71 |
| 3.29 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Illex illecebrosus | Illex illecebrosus 2.33 Sepiola sp. 0.96 |