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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Platycephalus speculator
 
Main Ref. Humphries, P., G.A. Hyndes and I.C. Potter, 1992
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 34.10 TL
Sample size 512 Percent empty 37
Country Australia Locality Wilson Inlet , Oct. and Feb. of both 1987-1988 and 1988-1989.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Platycephalus speculator
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
6.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Leptatherina wallacei 3.6%Leptatherina wallacei, 1.4% Leptatherina presbyteroides, 1.6% unidentified fish
17.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis australis 0.2% Cnidoglanis macrocephalus, 16.5% Engraulis australis, 0.3% Iso rhothophilus, <0.1% Urocampus carinirostrus
20.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Afurcagobius suppositus 10.5% Afurcagobius suppositus, 0.3% Pseudogobius olorum, 2.0% Favonigobius lateralis, 7.9% unidentified fish
0.60 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Nassarius burchardi 0.4% Nassarius burchardi, 0.2% Philine sp., <0.1% Tatea preisii
0.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
54.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Palaemonetes australis 50.4% Palaemonetes australis, 3.5% Halicarcinus ovatus, 0.6% Macrobrachium sp., 0.2% Isopoda, <0.1% Gastrosaccus sp., <0.1% Amphipoda
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