Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lates calcarifer
 
Main Ref. Tait, R.D., 1981
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 58.10 TL
Sample size 43 Percent empty 21
Country Australia Locality Magela Creek floodplain, northern Australia, Nov. 1978-Dec. 1979
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lates calcarifer
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
74.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Neosilurus ater 40.8% Neosilurus ater, 7.0% Strongylura kreffti, 1.8% Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum, 7.3% Ambassis spp., 8.8% Glossamia aprion, 8.8% partly digested fish
5.20 % zoobenthos insects insects nymphs Odonata Odonata nymphs
14.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Macrobrachium rosenbergii Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Cherax spp.
5.90 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others Poaceae 4.2% Poaceae, 0.9% terrestrial plant parts, 0.8% unidentified plant parts
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