Food and Feeding Habits Summary Upeneichthys lineatus
 
Main Ref. Platell, M.E., I.C. Potter and K.R. Clarke, 1998
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 15.90 TL
Sample size 382 Percent empty
Country Australia Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Upeneichthys lineatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
10.65 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults bivalves 8.8% bivalves, 0.2% gastropods, 0.7% cephalopods.
3.18 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleosts 2.9% Teleosts
72.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Tanaids 0.3% Ostracods, 4.2% Cumaceans, 9.2% Tanaids, 5.6% Mysids, 8% Gammarid amphipods, 0.5% Caprellid amphipods, 0.5% Valviferan isopods, 6.8% Flabelliferan isopods, 1.1% Penaeid decapods, 3% Carid decapods, 11% Brachyuran crabs, 15.5% unidentifiable.
0.87 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Algae Algae
11.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Pectinariids 3.9% Pectinariids, 3.4% Onuphids, 2.9% other polychaetes.
1.87 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiuroids 1.4% Ophiuroids, 0.3% Echinoids.
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