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 adults Mean length NG
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
20.99 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei Porichthys porosissimus 8.51 Clupeidae 0.40 Labrisomidae 3.35 Teleostei 8.73
54.77 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura Calappa angusta 1.49 Cronius ruber 25.57 Ovalipes trimaculatus 1.83 Panopeus austrobesus 12.25 Panopeus sp. 2.73 Petrolisthes galathinus 0.07 Portunidae 8.00 Brachyura 2.73 Macrura Natantia 0.10
24.23 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Gastropoda 0.42 Octopus vulgaris 23.82
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