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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Stegastes nigricans
 
Main Ref. Letourneur, Y., R. Galzin and M. Harmelin-Vivien, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.00 TL
Sample size 6 Percent empty
Country Reunion I. Locality Reunion Island, southwest Indian Ocean, Nov. 1989 to Aug. 1990, 0700H-0800H
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Stegastes nigricans
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.00 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
3.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
57.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades benthic algae/weeds
2.60 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
2.20 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
1.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
1.40 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults foraminifera foraminiferans
1.70 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
17.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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