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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Epinephelus striatus
 
Main Ref. Grover, J.J, D.B. Eggleston and J.M. Shenker, 1998
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length NG
Sample size 38 Percent empty
Country Bahamas Locality shallow banks of the southern Exuma Cays, Bahamas, 1993
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Epinephelus striatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammarideans Gammarideans
4.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
7.50 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
17.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae decapod decapod larvae
6.90 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs invertebrate eggs invertebrate eggs
9.30 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults chaetonagths chaetonagths and ciliates
2.80 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae gastropod larvae gastropod larvae
9.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
9.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Poecilostomatoids Poecilostomatoids
23.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults calanoids calanoids, cyclopoids
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