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. numberFood itemsPercentage (%)Trophic level [19]

1Copepods32.22
2Decapods24.72.1
3Molluscan larvae8.52.24
4Amphipods2.32.29
5Other prey items6.51.8
6Semidigested matter25.8NA