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 335 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
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sygnathidae %M=0.01
0.07 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Belonidae %M=0.07
0.08 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Carangidae %M=0.08
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sphyraenidae %M=0.1
0.14 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Oplegnathidae %M=0.14
0.18 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Serranidae %M=0.18
0.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Synodontidae %M=0.2
0.21 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Ostraciidae %M=0.21
0.22 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Mugilidae %M=0.22
0.24 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Anguillidae %M=0.24
0.26 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Leiognathidae %M=0.26
0.32 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Exocetidae %M=0.32
0.58 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Cheilodactyleidae %M=0.58
1.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Mullidae %M=1.05
1.22 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Clupeidae %M=1.22
1.27 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Dasyatidae %M=1.27
1.31 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Haemulidae %M=1.31
1.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scombridae %M=1.7
2.11 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Teraponidae %M=2.11
2.25 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Ariidae %M=2.25
2.38 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Platycephalidae %M=2.38
2.76 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Gymnuridae %M=2.76
3.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Plotosidae %M=3.7
5.34 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Rhinobatidae %M=5.34
6.64 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scyliorhinidae %M=6.64
8.11 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Trichiuridae %M=8.11
8.52 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sciaenidae %M=8.52
9.56 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecifiedSparidae %M=9.56
11.77 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleost %M=11.77
2.05 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults unspecified Brachyura %M=2.05
0.04 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults unspecified Macrura %M=0.04
0.09 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustacean %M=0.09
0.22 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopod %M=0.22
0.37 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified Coleoidae %M=0.37
4.69 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults unspecified Octopodidae %M=4.69
0.27 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unspecified shrimp %M=0.27
0.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Octopoteuthidae %M=0.2
1.24 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Enoploteuthidae %M=1.24
3.09 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Sepiidae %M=3.09
13.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified Teuthoidea %M=13.9
1.56 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults unspecified stomatopod %M=1.56
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