Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Delphinus delphis

Main Ref.	Silva, M., 1999
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	5	Percent empty
Paese	Portugal	Località	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	Commenti
1.09 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sand smelt	0.9% Sand smelt.
3.99 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	european hake	3.3% European hake.
4.35 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	blue whiting	3.6% Blue whiting.
9.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	snipefish	8.2% Snipefish.
10.75 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus spp	8.9% Trachurus spp..
13.29 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scomber spp	11% Scomber spp..
55.19 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sardine	45.7% Sardine.
0.24 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Loliginidae	0.2% Loliginidae.
1.21 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepiolinae	1% Sepiolinae.