Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mustelus mustelus
 
Main Ref. Saidi, B., S. Enajjar, M.N. Bradai and A. Bouain, 2009
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 96.30 TL
Sample size 540 Percent empty 11.67
Country Tunisia Locality Gulf of Gabes
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mustelus mustelus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
53.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei
10.14 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Brachyura
0.17 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults unspecified gastropods
0.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Pagurus sp.
0.33 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Upogebiidae
1.91 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustaceans
1.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopods
0.67 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults unspecified echinoderms
0.80 % others others n.a./others n.a./others unspecified items
1.23 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults unspecified sipunculids
9.02 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopodidae
0.67 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults unspecified polychaetes
5.28 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Shrimps
3.59 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepiidae
4.06 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligonidae
7.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla mantis
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