| Main Ref. | Ng, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng, 1998 | ||
| Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | NG |
| Sample size | Percent empty | ||
| Country | Australia | Locality | Lower west coast of Australia. |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.90 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | bony fish | |
| 8.90 % | detritus | detritus | debris | n.a./others | debris | |
| 5.60 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | juv./adults | mysids | |
| 60.20 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | tanaids | brachyuran crabs, 11.1%: tanaids, 9.2%; gammarid amphipods, 8%; flabelliferan isopods, 6.8; cumaceans, 4.2%; carid decapods, 3%; Penaeid decapods, 1.1%; caprellid amphipods, 0.5%; valviferan isopods, 0.5%; ostracods, 0.3%; other benthic crustaceans, 15.5% |
| 9.00 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other mollusks | juv./adults | bivalves | bivalves, 8.8%; gastropods, 0.2% |
| 0.80 % | plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | n.a./others | phytoplankton | |
| 10.20 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | pectariids | pectariids, 3.9%; onuphids, 3.4%; other polychaetes, 2.9% |
| 1.70 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | juv./adults | Ophiuroidea | Ophiuroidea, 1.4%; Echinoidea, 0.3% |
| 0.70 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | squids/cuttlefish |