More info | Plus d'info. | Mais info
FishBase
Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna lewini
 
Main Ref. Bush, A., 2003
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 73.40 TL
Sample size 779 Percent empty 20
Country Hawaii Locality Kane'ohe Bay, August 1995 to May 1998.
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
0.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades plant material plant material 0.19
64.80 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Oxyurichthys lochotus Oxyurichthys lochotus 5.75 unid. Gobies 2.43 Saurida gracilis 0.62 unid. Synodontidae 4.91 Herklotsichthyes quadrimaculatus 0.61 Encrasicholena purpurea 0.06 Acanthuridae 0.28 Scaridae 0.05 Apogonidae 2.92 Mugilidae 1.73 unid. Teleosts 28.46
5.64 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Portunus vigil Portunus vigil 4.19 P. sanguinolentus 0.03 unid. Crabs 1.42
28.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Alpheus malabaricus Alpheus malabaricus 8.99 unid. Alpheids 5.14 unid. Palaemonidae 0.19 unid. Shrimp 1.14 unid. Crustacea 3.41
1.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla oratatoria Lysosquilla 0.20 Squilla oratatoria 0.36 Squilla sp. 0.34 unid. Stomatopods 0.43
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 01.11.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 07/05/08 ,  last modified by dsantos, 09/02/14