Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelon saliens
 
Main Ref. Pisarevskaya, I.I. and E.O. Aksenova, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.00 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Black Sea, 5-50 miles from the shores of the Crimea and the Caucasus, 1976-1977
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chelon saliens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.50 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Diptera Diptera
9.10 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Bivalve larvae Bivalve larvae
1.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Pseudocalanus elongatus Pseudocalanus elongatus
3.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus helgolandicus Calanus helgolandicus
6.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Acartia clausi Acartia clausi
10.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Paracalanus parvus Paracalanus parvus
18.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Labidocera brunescens Labidocera brunescens
22.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Pontella mediterranea Pontella mediterranea
24.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona nana Oithona nana
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