Main Ref. | Eggleston, D.B. and E.A. Bochenek, 1990 | ||
Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 51.00 FL |
Sample size | 97 | Percent empty | 26 |
Country | USA | Locality | Middle Atlantic Bight, Virginia, 1986. |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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2.51 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Peprilus triacanthus | Peprilus triacanthus |
30.75 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Ammodytes spp. | Ammodytes spp. |
49.57 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Hippocampus erectus | 49.46% unidentified teleosts, primarily sand lance; 0.07% Hippocampus erectus, 0.04% Aluterus scriptus |
0.37 % | zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | juv./adults | Salpidae | Salpidae |
0.15 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | cephalopods | unidentified cephalopods |
3.71 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Loligo pealeii | Loligo pealeii |
12.92 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Lolliguncula brevis | Lolliguncula brevis |