Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna lewini
 
Main Ref. Hussey, N.E., S.F. Dudley, I.D. McCarthy, G. Cliff and A.T. Fisk, 2011
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length none
Sample size 19 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality KwaZulu-Natal
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sphyrna lewini
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sphyraenidae
0.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Synodontidae
0.75 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Dactylopteridae
1.94 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Peristediidae
6.38 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Teraponidae
7.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sparidae
31.56 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleosts
0.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults unspecified Macrura
0.01 % others birds n.a./other birds juv./adults unspecified birds
4.89 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults unspecified Octopodidae
1.02 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Sepiidae
13.22 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Octopoteuthidae
31.56 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Enoploteuthidae
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