Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Delphinus delphis

Main Ref.	Silva, M., 1999
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	50	Percent empty
Country	Portugal	Locality	Portuguese coast
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Delphinus delphis

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Microchirus variegatus
0.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Arnoglossus imperialis	0.3% Arnoglossus imperialis; 0.1% Unidentified Bothidae; <0.0% (Arnoglossus laterna, Unidentified Gobiidae, Gobius niger, Hyperoplus lanceolatus).
0.80 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Liza armada
0.80 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sparidae	0.4% Unidentified Sparidae; 0.3% Boops boops; 0.1% Diplodus vulgaris.
0.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus
6.70 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scombridae	4.1% Scomber spp.; 2.3% Scomber japonicus; 0.3% Scomber scombrus.
11.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Atherina sp.
28.28 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Micromesistius poutassou	15.5% Micromesistius poutassou; 6.9% Trachurus sp.; 3.4% Macroramphosus sp.; 2.1% Merluccius merluccius; 0.3% Trisopterus sp.; 0.1% Engraulis encrasicolus; <0.0% Gadiculus argenteus.
43.36 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sardina pilchardus	43.4% Sardina pilchardus.
7.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopoda	3.3% Loligo sp.; 1.5% (Alloteuthis sp., Unidentified Loliginidae); 0.5% Unidentified Sepiolinae; 0.3% (Sepia sp., Illex coindetii); 0.2% Octopoteuthis sicula; 0.1% Unidentified Sepiidae; <0.0% (Sepiola atlantica, Brachioteuthis sp., Chiroteuthis sp.).