Food and Feeding Habits Summary Epinephelus marginatus
 
Main Ref. Machado, L.F., F.A.M.L. Daros, A. Andrade de Bertoncini, M. Hostim-Silva and J.P. Barreiros, 2008
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Santa Catarina State, between São Francisco do Sul and Florianópolis
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Epinephelus marginatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
48.53 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei Lycengraulis grossidens 11.92 Hemiramphus brasiliensis 8.78 Blennidae 0.51 Teleostei 27.31
50.49 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura Callinectes sp. 2.62 Cronius ruber 18.81 Cryptodromiopsis antillensis 0.54 Eurypanopeus abbreviatus 0.95 Lithadia brasiliensis 2.06 Mithraculus forceps 1.07 Mithrax sp. 1.86 M. hispidus 2.48 Menippe nodifrons 3.77 Ovalipes trimaculatus 2.33 Pilumnus sp. 0.17 Petrolisthes galathinus 5.57 Portunidae 2.44 Brachyura 3.66 Macrura Natantia 0.08
0.73 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Mollusca Bivalvia 0.28 Gastropoda 0.03 Octopus vulgaris 0.42
0.25 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiuroidea
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