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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna lewini
 
Main Ref. Bethea, D.M., J.K. Carlson, L.D. Hollensead, Y.P. Papastamatiou and B.S. Graham, 2011
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 45.00 FL
Sample size 186 Percent empty 5.1
Country USA Locality Northwest Florida (Crooked Island Sound and the gulf side of St. Vincent Island)
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sphyrna lewini
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.61 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Thalassia testudinum %W=0.63
0.95 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Halodule wrightii %W=0.98
1.43 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Unspecified Angiosperm %W=1.47
0.02 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Yoldia spp. %W=0.02
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Ariidae %W=0.01
0.02 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Sparidae %W=0.02
0.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Gerreidae %W=0.03
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Exocoetidae %W=0.1
0.14 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Orthopristis chrysoptera %W=0.14
0.23 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cynoscion spp. %W=0.24
0.24 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Chloroscombrus chrysurus %W=0.25
0.27 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Brevoortia spp. %W=0.28
0.44 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Leiostomus xanthurus %W=0.45
0.45 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Synodontidae %W=0.46
0.48 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Brevoortia patronus %W=0.49
0.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cynoscion arenarius %W=0.5
0.65 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Anchoa spp. %W=0.67
0.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Harengula jaguana %W=0.93
0.93 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Clupeidae %W=0.95
0.99 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Micropogonias undulatus %W=1.02
1.08 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Citharichthys spp. %W=1.11
1.67 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Sciaenidae %W=1.71
2.41 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Stellifer lanceolatus %W=2.47
3.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Bothidae %W=3.13
3.46 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Bairdiella chrysoura %W=3.55
25.15 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Teleostei %W=25.82
0.53 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Unspecified Portunidae %W=0.54
0.59 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Unspecified crabs %W=0.61
0.02 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Unspecified Gastropoda %W=0.02
0.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Unspecified Isopoda %W=0.12
0.54 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Unspecified cephalopods %W=0.55
0.09 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Unspecified Mollusca %W=0.09
17.54 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Unspecified crustaceans %W=18.01
0.07 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Rimapenaeus constrictus %W= 0.07. Name cited in literature is Trachypenaeus constrictus.
0.11 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Sicyonia sp. %W=0.11
0.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Alpheus armillatus %W=0.2
0.43 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Unspecified Penaeidae %W=0.44
0.78 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Palaemon spp. %W= 0.8. Name cited in literature is Palaemonetes spp.
0.88 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeus duorarum %W= 0.9. Name cited in literature is Farfantepenaeus duorarum.
1.09 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeus setiferus %W=1.12. Name cited in the literature is Litopenaeus setiferus.
1.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeus spp. %W= 1.85. Name cited in literature is Farfantepenaeus spp.
3.46 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Xiphopenaeus kroyeri %W=3.55
0.23 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Unspecified Loliginidae %W=0.24
2.26 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Lolliguncula brevis %W=2.32
0.36 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla empusa %W=0.37
22.72 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Unspecified stomatopods %W=23.32
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