Food and Feeding Habits Summary Epinephelus marginatus
 
Main Ref. Machado, L.F., F.A.M.L. Daros, A. Andrade de Bertoncini, M. Hostim-Silva and J.P. Barreiros, 2008
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 45.10 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Santa Catarina State, between São Francisco do Sul and Florianópolis
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Epinephelus marginatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.04 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Algae
47.34 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei Porichthys porosissimus 22.19 Stegastes fuscus 12.67 Gobiidae 2.09 Teleostei 10.38
50.84 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura Cronius ruber 20.80 Libinia spinosa 0.29 M. hispidus 3.10 Panopeus austrobesus 7.15 Petrolisthes galathinus 0.84 Tetraxanthus rathbunae 0.14 Portunidae 6.46 Xanthidae 3.05 Brachyura 8.27 Macrura Natantia 0.28 Cirripedia 0.44
1.78 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Bivalvia 0.13 Gastropoda 0.34 Octopus vulgaris 1.31
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