Food and Feeding Habits Summary Kyphosus bigibbus
 
Main Ref. Clements, K.D. and J.H. Choat, 1997
Fish stage adults Mean length 35.00 SL
Sample size 6 Percent empty
Country Australia Locality Middleton Reef, near Lord Howe, March 1994
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Kyphosus bigibbus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.64 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Algae unid. Algae
1.36 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Codium fragile Codium fragile
17.23 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Dictyota sp. Dictyota sp.
19.34 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Lobophora sp. Lobophora sp.
24.60 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others phaeophytes filamentous phaeophytes
36.82 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others rhodophytes filamentous rhodophytes
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