Research Article
Food and Feeding Dynamics of Stolephorus commersonnii (Lacepede, 1803) (Family: Engraulidae) from South Andaman
Table 1
Major diet groups of Stolephorus commersonnii and their trophic levels.
| Sl. number | Food items | Percentage (%) | Trophic level [19] |
| 1 | Copepods | 32.2 | 2 | 2 | Decapods | 24.7 | 2.1 | 3 | Molluscan larvae | 8.5 | 2.24 | 4 | Amphipods | 2.3 | 2.29 | 5 | Other prey items | 6.5 | 1.8 | 6 | Semidigested matter | 25.8 | NA |
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