Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Tursiops truncatus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Tursiops truncatus

Main Ref.	Gannon, D.P. and D.M. Waples, 2004
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	146	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	North Carolina
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Tursiops truncatus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
2.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Anchoa hepsetus
2.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Bairdiella chrysoura
4.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Brevoortia tyrannus
23.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Leiostomus xanthurus
24.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Micropogonias undulatus
36.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Cynoscion regalis
9.00 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Loligo spp