Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhomboplites aurorubens
 
Main Ref. Sedberry, G.R. and N. Cuellar, 1993
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.60 SL
Sample size 28 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality Off South Carolina and Georgia
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Rhomboplites aurorubens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
17.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
4.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
72.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda 31.1% Decapoda, 12% Copepoda, 12.7% Amphipoda, 9.6% Stomatopoda, 4.2% Cirripedia, 1.5% Ostracoda, 0.8% Cumacea, 0.2% Isopoda
0.40 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Thaliacea Thaliacea
3.40 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
2.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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