Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pristipomoides auricilla
 
Main Ref. Seki, M.P. and M.W. Callahan, 1988
Fish stage adults Mean length 38.40 FL
Sample size 72 Percent empty
Country North Marianas Locality Pathfinder Reef, 1984
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pristipomoides auricilla
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
11.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ophichthidae Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophidiidae, Serranidae, Symphysanodontidae, Chaetodontidae, Balistidae
39.30 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Cavolinidae 38.1% Cavolinidae, 0.9% Atlantidae, 0.3% unid. Gastropods
7.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults euphausiids 0.7% euphausiids, 0.7% Palinura, 0.3% stomatopods, 0.3% stomatopods, 0.2% Brachyura, 5.5% unid. Crustaceans
3.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Siphonophora Siphonophora
25.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pyrosomatidae Pyrosomatidae
5.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
7.60 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 7.4% unid. Cephalopoda, 0.2% Teuthoidea
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