Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhomboplites aurorubens
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 17.00 NG
Sample size 10 Percent empty 10
Country USA Locality Inshore south of Cape Hatteras
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
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipoda Unspecified Amphipoda (0.1%), unspecified Copepoda (<0.1%), and unidentified Decapoda (<0.1%).
16.40 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Ascidiacea Unspecified Ascidiacea.
0.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Osteichthyes Unidentified Osteichthyes.
1.30 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
81.70 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda Unidentified Cephalopoda.
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