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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Carcharhinus limbatus
 
Main Ref. Dudley, S.F.J. and G. Cliff, 1993
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 125.00 OT
Sample size 1290 Percent empty 49
Country South Africa Locality Off Natal, 1978-1991
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Carcharhinus limbatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
72.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae Clupeidae, Engraulidae, Ariidae, Plotosidae, Synodontidae, Berycidae, Serranidae, Pomatomidae, Haemulidae, Dinopercidae, Sparidae, Scorpididae, Sciaenidae, Leiognathidae, Pomacanthidae, Oplegnathidae, Carangidae, Echeneidae, Cichlidae, Pomacentridae, Labridae, Mugilidae, Trichiuridae, Scombridae, Cynoglossidae, Balistidae, Ostraciidae, Tetraodontidae
1.70 % others mammals dolphins juv./adults dolphins
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Palinuridae Palinuridae
22.90 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Carcharhinidae Carcharhinidae, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Rhinobatidae, Dasyatidae
2.70 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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