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	23	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
0.31 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trisopterus sp	0.3% Trisopterus sp..
0.83 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	snipefish	0.8% Snipefish.
1.24 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	european hake	1.2% European hake.
2.58 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	blue whiting	2.5% Blue whiting.
10.64 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus spp	5.4% Scomber spp; 4.9% Trachurus spp.
19.21 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sand smelt	18.6% Sand smelt.
58.16 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sardine	56.3% Sardine.
0.21 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepiidae	0.2% Sepiidae.
1.03 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepiolinae	1% Sepiolinae.
5.79 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Loliginidae	5.6% Loliginidae.