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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhomboplites aurorubens
 
Main Ref. Grimes, C.B., 1979
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country USA Locality North and South Carolina waters
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
8.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
38.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults ostracods ostracods, copepods, stomatopods, amphipods, euphausiids, shrimps and crabs
5.50 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults coelenterates coelenterates, ctenophores, salps, polychaetes, nematodes, tunicates and fish eggs
11.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults pteropods pteropods, heteropods, and opisthobranchs
37.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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