| Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
| Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 33.00 NG |
| Sample size | 365 | Percent empty | 27 |
| Country | USA | Locality | Inshore North of Cape Hatteras. |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 0.30 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | amphipods | juv./adults | amphipods | |
| 75.50 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Etrumeus teres | 1.7% Batrachoidiformes, 4.1% Brevoortia tyrannus, 0.2% Clupea harengus, 19.3% Etrumeus teres, 0.1% Clupeidae, 2.2% Anchoa hepsetus, 0.3% Anchoa mitchilli, 2.2% Engraulidae, 0.5% Myctophidae, 1.3% Merluccius bilinearis, 1.3% Stenotomus chrysops, 0.1% Ammodytes dubius, 0.2% Scomber scombrus, 0.2% Thunnus thynnus, 11.4% Peprilus triacanthus, 47% unidentified Osteichthyes. |
| 0.80 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and misc. |
| 0.40 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Ovalipes ocellatus | 0.3% Ovalipes ocellatus, 0.1% unidentified decapoda. |
| 0.80 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | Ophioglycera gigantea | 0.6% Ophioglycera gigantea, 0.2% unidentified Polychaeta. |
| 22.20 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Loligo pealeii | 0.3% Illex sp., 7% Loligo pealeii, 12.9% Loligo sp. |