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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Engraulis encrasicolus
 
Main Ref. Tudela, S., I. Palomera and G. Quílez, 2002
Fish stage larvae Mean length 6.00 TL
Sample size 58 Percent empty
Country Spain Locality Catalan Sea - Gulf of Lions, July 1992.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Engraulis encrasicolus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.90 % plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates n.a./others dinoflagellates
38.60 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae fish nauplii nauplii
1.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others tintinnids tintinids
2.70 % others others n.a./others fruits/seeds pollen pollen
13.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods eggs plank. copepods
40.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Temora stylifera Copepodites: Oithona nana, Temora stylifera, Microsetella norvegica, Oncaea sp., Centropages sp., Paracalanus sp.
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