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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Holocentrus rufus
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 19.10 SL
Sample size 42 Percent empty 24
Country Puerto Rico Locality Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Holocentrus rufus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
0.60 % zoobenthos mollusks chitons juv./adults chitons
59.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Domecia hispida Domecia hispida, Euryplax nitida, Mithrax, Pitho lherminieri, majids, porcellanids, xanthids
7.80 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
1.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
4.50 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
1.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Exocorallina antillensis Exocorallina antillensis
1.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults mysids mysids
7.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars n.a./others Ophionereis Ophionereis, Ophiothrix
15.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeidae Alpheidae, Penaeidae
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