Food and Feeding Habits Summary Elagatis bipinnulata
 
Main Ref. Ramirez, C.B.G. and C. Posada, 2014
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length TL
Sample size 42 Percent empty 16.67
Country Colombia Locality Taganga Bay and National Natural Park Tayrona, Central Colombian Caribbean Sea.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Elagatis bipinnulata
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
75.14 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Jenkinsia lamprotaenia %W=75.13
6.09 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Portunus anceps %W=6.09
7.04 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults unspecified mysid %W=7.04
2.07 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Cavolinia uncinata
2.01 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults unspecified harpacticoid
5.43 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepioteuthis sepioidea %W=5.43
2.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Coronis sp.
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