Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mullus barbatus barbatus
 
Main Ref. Caragitsou, E. and N. Tsimenides, 1982
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 356 Percent empty 10.1
Country Greece Locality Thracian Sea, March 1977
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mullus barbatus barbatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
6.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipoda 4.93 Cumacea 1.17
0.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Copepoda Copepoda 0.10 Gastropoda 0.06
2.91 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults bivalves
38.64 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
0.76 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
12.75 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
23.62 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapods Decapods
0.16 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
1.92 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Decapoda Decapoda larvae
13.02 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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