Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Myripristis murdjan
Food and Feeding Habits Summary Myripristis murdjan
 
Main Ref. Harmelin-Vivien, M.L., 1979
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 92 Percent empty 45
Territory Madagascar Locality Tuléar Madagascar
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Myripristis murdjan
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Copepoda
16.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults fish Cephalopoda 0.45 fishes 15.64
0.65 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Brachyura
0.00 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda
9.76 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Scyllarus
14.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacean fragments 11.07 shrimps 2.85 Cumaceans 0.04 Amphipoda 0.35
0.00 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Pelecypoda
14.86 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyura larvae Brachyuran larvae 14.29 Stomatopod larvae 0.57
26.89 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta
17.27 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Stomatopoda Stomatopoda 15.18 Isopoda 1.80 Ostracoda 0.29
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