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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Platycephalus laevigatus
 
Main Ref. Klumpp, D.W. and P.D. Nichols, 1983
Fish stage adults Mean length 47.00 SL
Sample size 296 Percent empty 32
Country Australia Locality Corner Inlet, south-eastern Australia, Feb. 1980 - Nov. 1981.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Platycephalus laevigatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.10 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Posidonia australis Seagrass fragments (mainly Posidonia australis).
26.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clinus perspicillatus 11.8% Clinus perspicillatus, 8.5% Cantherines spilomelanarus, 1.4% other fish, 5.2% unidentified fish.
60.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Nectocarcinus integrifons 51.8% Nectocarcinus integrifons, 5.3% Paragrapsis laevis, 1.4% Ovalipes australiensis, 1.3% Halicarcinus ovatus, 0.8% unidentified crabs.
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pontophilus internedius Pontophilus internedius.
7.80 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo sp. Loligo sp.
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