Food and Feeding Habits Summary Paralabrax humeralis
 
Main Ref. Medina, M., M. Araya and C. Vega, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 36.30 TL
Sample size 181 Percent empty
Country Chile Locality coastal zone of northern Chile, May 1998- May 1999.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Paralabrax humeralis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Algae Algae
56.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Aplodactylus punctatus Doydixon laevifrons 0.2 Blennidae 7.3 Paralichthys adspersus 0.7 Aplodactylus punctatus 13.5 unid. Fish 35.1
1.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Nassarius gayi Gastropoda unid. 0.8 Nassarius gayi 0.2 Mitrella unifasciata 0.1
33.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Pseudosquillopsis lessoni Euphausiacea 0.1 Pagurus sp. 0.1 Allopetrolisthes angulosus 0.1 Liopetrolisthes mitra 0.1 Pilumnoides perlatus 0.1 Rhinchocynetes typus 4.0 Paraxanthus barbiger 2.7 Synalpheus spinifrons 0.3 Petrolisthes desmarestii 3.3 Petrolisthes sp. 0.3 Pachycheles grossimanus 0.5 Pseudosquillopsis lessoni 12.7 Cancer setosus 3.2 Cancer edwarsii 0.5 Taliepus dentatus 2.0 Pinnixa transversalis 0.2 Xanthidae 0.4 Mursia gaudichaudi 0.3 Brachyura 0.5 unid. Crustaceans 2.0
0.70 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pyrosomatidae Pyrosomatidae
0.80 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiurida Echiurida
0.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Pherusa sp. Pherusa sp. 0.7 unid. 0.2
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiuridae Ophiuridae
5.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopus mimus Octopus mimus 5.8 unid. Cephalopod 0.1
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