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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Negaprion brevirostris
 
Main Ref. Cortés, E. and S.H. Gruber, 1990
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 63.40 OT
Sample size 86 Percent empty 26
Country Locality Lower Matecumbe Key, Marathon and Pig Pine Key, 1986
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
98.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Atherinidae Atherinidae, Batrachoididae, Belonidae, Cyprinodontidae, Ephippidae, Gerreidae, Gobiidae, Haemulidae, Lutjanidae, Mugilidae, Scaridae, Sparidae, Sphyraenidae & unid. teleosts
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
0.90 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.30 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others Angiosperm Angiospermi
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