Food items reported for Trachurus trachurus
n = 31
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified cephalopod (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atherina boyeri Greece juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicholus Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadiculus argenteus Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micromesistius poutassou Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Aphia minuta Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boops boops Greece juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified algae Tunisia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified amphipod Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters unidentified lobster Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified mysid shrimps Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unspecified ostracods South Africa recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified shrimp Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified gastropod Tunisia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unidentified cephalopod Greece juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unidentified mollusks Greece juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians unidentified ascidians Spain juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified polychates Spain juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae unidentified fish Greece juv./adults
zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids Cyanea sp. (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unspecified chaetognaths South Africa recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia couchii Spain juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified euphausiids Spain juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified mysids Namibia juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Mesopodopsis slabberi South Africa recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified crustaceans Namibia juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unspecified crustacean larvae South Africa recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unspecified copepods South Africa recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified copepods Tunisia juv./adults
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