Food and Feeding Habits Summary Albula vulpes
 
Main Ref. Crabtree, R.E., C. Stevens, D. Snodgrass and F.J. Stengard, 1998
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 46.50 FL
Sample size 385 Percent empty 17
Country USA Locality Florida Keys, Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay, Dec. 1991-April 1995
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Albula vulpes
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.35 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
2.50 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults bivalves
20.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
2.70 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
67.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Penaeidae Penaeidae, Palaemonidae, Alpheidae, Hippolytidae, Palinuridae, Majidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae, Grapsidae, Palicidae
3.08 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults stomatopods
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