Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna lewini
 
Main Ref. Hussey, N.E., S.F. Dudley, I.D. McCarthy, G. Cliff and A.T. Fisk, 2011
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length none
Sample size 63 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality KwaZulu-Natal
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
0.04 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults unspecified bivalve
0.06 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Myctophidae
0.42 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sphyraenidae
0.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Ariidae
0.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Synodontidae
1.11 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scyliorhinidae
1.63 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Rhinobatidae
1.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Squalidae
1.82 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Anguillidae
1.85 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sciaenidae
2.54 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Haemulidae
3.02 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Rajidae
3.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Cheilodactyleidae
3.86 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Teraponidae
4.16 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sparidae
4.69 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Trichiuridae
10.66 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scombridae
17.74 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleosts
0.09 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults unspecified crabs
0.48 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults unspecified Macrura
0.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustaceans
16.17 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopods
2.93 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults unspecified Octopodidae
0.36 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified prawns
1.41 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Enoploteuthidae
2.11 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Sepiidae
16.44 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Octopoteuthidae
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