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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Acanthurus thompsoni
 
Main Ref. Hobson, E.S., 1974
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 15.60 TL
Sample size 14 Percent empty 50
Country Hawaii Locality Kona reef, 1969-1970
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Acanthurus thompsoni
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.81 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others blue-green algae
1.47 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
11.33 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Siphonophora Siphonophores
0.34 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
0.79 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
1.93 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
29.44 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salps 18.6% Salps, 7.4% Larvacea
42.02 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
9.85 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida 8.6% Calanoida, 0.1% Harpacticoida
1.02 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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