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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scarus coelestinus
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 41.40 SL
Sample size 12 Percent empty 14
Country Puerto Rico Locality Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scarus coelestinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Thalassia testudinum Thalassia testudinum
97.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Amphiroa Amphiroa, Acanthophora, Centroceras, Coelothrix, Corallina, Dictyopteris, Enteromorpha, Gelidium, Herposiphonia, Jania, Laurencia, Lithothamnion, Lyngbya, Polysiphonia, Rhizoclonium, Spermothamnion, Ulva, Vidalia
0.20 % zoobenthos cnidarians hard corals juv./adults coral coral fragments
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others benth. crustaceans
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms n.a./others other echinoderms f
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults shells shells
0.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Foraminifera Foraminifera
0.10 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges spicules
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