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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Negaprion brevirostris
 
Main Ref. Cortés, E. and S.H. Gruber, 1990
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 126.00 OT
Sample size 78 Percent empty
Country Locality Florida Keys, near Lower Matecumbe Key and Marathon Key and in Bimini, Bahamas
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Negaprion brevirostris
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
92.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ariidae Ariidae, Atherinidae, Batrachoididae, Blenniidae, Carangidae, Centropomidae, Elopidae, Gerreidae, Hemirhamphidae, Lutjanidae, Monacanthidae, Mugilidae, Ophichthidae, Ostraciidae, Soleidae, Sparidae, Tetraodontidae, & some unid. eels
3.47 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
3.95 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others Angiosperm Angiospermi incl. Phaeophyta
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