Food and Feeding Habits Summary Encrasicholina heteroloba
 
Main Ref. Milton, D.A., S.J.M. Blaber and N.J.F. Rawlinson, 1990
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 5.10 SL
Sample size 690 Percent empty
Country Solomon Is. Locality Munda, Tulagi and Vona Vona Lagoon
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Encrasicholina heteroloba
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Hyperiidae 3.11% Hyperiidae, 0.71% Gammaridae, 0.16% other Amphipoda
12.99 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Stolephorus 11.55% Teleostei, 1.17% Stolephorus
1.01 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Anomura 0.06% Paguridae, 0.93% other Anomura
13.91 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura 10.31% Brachyuran larvae, 3.3% Mysidacea, 0.02% Cladocera
0.20 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Gastropoda 0.1% Pterotracheoidea , 0.07% Pteropoda
2.34 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults Ostracoda 1.12% Ostracoda, 1.05% Stomatopoda
59.76 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida 57.58% Calanoida, 0.01% Cyclopoida, 1.05% Harpacticoida
0.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
5.04 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Lucifer 0.96% Lucifer, 0.46% Alpheidae, 3.06% other Caridea, 0.43% Thalassinidae
0.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.19% Cephalopoda, 0.1% other Gastropoda
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