Food and Feeding Dynamics of Stolephorus commersonnii (Lacepede, 1803) (Family: Engraulidae) from South Andaman

Table 3

Percentage (% and %) of various food items in 20 mm length groups of S. commersonnii.

Length group (mm)		Copepods		Decapods		Mollusca larvae		Amphipod		Semidigested matter		Other prey items
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
<80	148	45.3	98.3	24.5	87.6	11.2	38.7	4.6	88.8	1.1	93.3	13.3	32.5
81–100	1224	37.4	96.6	26.5	98.9	12.8	39.1	7.2	84.2	3.7	92	12.3	36.4
101–120	166	25.6	90.1	31.5	99.2	14.8	51.6	12.3	90.4	1.5	100	14.3	29.1
>120	21	26.1	80.1	32.8	99.8	11.1	43.6	13.1	93.3	4.8	97.6	12.1	33.3
Total/avg.	1559	40.2	93	26.3	81.7	10.2	40.9	7.4	89.3	3.2	96.6	12.7	33.1