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 342 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
0.04 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sygnathidae %M=0.04
0.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulidae %M=0.09
0.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ostraciidae %M=0.09
0.14 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Platycephalidae %M=0.14
0.24 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae %M=0.24
0.29 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified batoid %M=0.29
0.77 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ariidae %M=0.77
0.84 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sphyraenidae %M=0.84
0.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Serranidae %M=0.91
1.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Plotosidae %M=1.05
1.07 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified elasmobranch %M=1.07
1.28 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Priancathidae %M=1.28
1.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Leiognathidae %M=1.3
1.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mullidae %M=1.39
1.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Exocetidae %M=1.57
1.88 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Carangidae %M=1.88
2.17 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Anguillidae %M=2.17
2.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scyliorhinidae %M=2.39
2.71 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Synodontidae %M=2.71
2.76 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Rhinobatidae %M=2.76
3.75 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haemulidae %M=3.75
4.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trichiuridae %M=4.1
4.13 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scombridae %M=4.13
4.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teraponidae %M=4.57
5.19 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sciaenidae %M=5.19
12.16 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sparidae %M=12.16
17.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleosts %M=17.03
0.03 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults unspecified gastropod %M=0.03
1.17 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults unspecified Macrura %M=1.17
0.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustacean %M=0.21
0.07 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopod %M=0.07
1.65 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified Coleoidae %M=1.65
7.59 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopodidae %M=7.59
0.37 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified prawn %M=0.37
0.18 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Lycoteuthidae %M=0.18
4.63 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopoteuthidae %M=4.63
10.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepiidae %M=10.2
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