Main Ref. | Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000 | ||
Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 26.00 NG |
Sample size | 111 | Percent empty | 19 |
Country | USA | Locality | Inshore South of Cape Hatteras. |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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74.40 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Anchoa hepsetus | 4.6% Clupeidae, 15.6% Anchoa hepsetus, 4.6% Anchoa mitchilli, 4.1% Anchoa sp., 0.2% Engraulidae, 0.2% Gadus morhua, 0.1% Merluccius bilinearis, 7.3% Carangidae, 0.8% Macrozoarces americanus, 0.4% Osteichthyes larvae, 36.2% unidentified Osteichthyes. |
0.30 % | detritus | detritus | carcasses | n.a./others | Animal remains | Animal remains and misc. |
6.20 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Dichelopandalus leptocerus | 2.3% Acetes sp., 1.7% Dichelopandalus leptocerus, 0.1% Ovalipes ocellatus, 2.1% unidentified Decapoda. |
0.10 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | polychaetes | |
19.00 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Illex illecebrosus | Illex illecebrosus |