Food and Feeding Habits Summary Stegastes punctatus
 
Main Ref. Lassuy, D.R., 1984
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.50 SL
Sample size 10 Percent empty
Country Guam Locality Agana and Tumon Bays and Western Shoals, Apra Harbor
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Stegastes punctatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.10 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Phaeophyta Phaeophyta
43.50 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Rhodophyta Rhodophyta
0.50 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
11.70 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Cyanophyta Cyanophyta
14.20 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Chlorophyta Chlorophyta
7.70 % plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates n.a./others dinoflagellates
5.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
2.20 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Foraminifera Foraminifera
11.50 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults sponge mixture of coral, bivalves, gastropods, sponge, heteropods, polychaetes
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