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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lates calcarifer
 
Main Ref. Tait, R.D., 1981
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 58.10 TL
Sample size 32 Percent empty 56
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
60.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Neosilurus ater 11.5% Neosilurus ater, 7.8% Ambassis spp., 40.8% partly digested fish
7.80 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Fish scales Fish scales
27.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Macrobrachium rosenbergii Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Cherax spp.
4.40 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others Poaceae Poaceae
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