Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hemitriakis japanica
 
Main Ref. Kamura, S. and H. Hashimoto, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 72.00 TL
Sample size 51 Percent empty
Country Japan Locality western Hiuchi Nada Sea, Seto Inland Sea. March1997-Oct.1999;May 2000-July02
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hemitriakis japanica
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
37.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cryptocentrus filifer Clupeiformis 0.04 Engraulis japonicus 0.96 Atrobucca nibe 1.18 Cryptocentrus filifer 7.93 Goblidae spp. 6.33 Pleuronectiformes spp. 0.50 Amoglossus tenuis 1.78 unid. 18.11
0.92 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Callianassa spp. Upogebia major 0.17 Callianassa spp. 0.26
2.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults crustacean crustacean fragments 2.69
0.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
5.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Trachypenaeus curvirostris Latreutes planirosiris 0.03 Ogyrididae 0.02 Alpheidae 0.01 Palqemon gravleri 0.41 Leptochele gracilis 0.20 Trachypenaeus curvirostris 1.62 Metapenaeopsis acclivis 0.44 unid. 2.85
53.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopus unid. Squids 9.35 unid. Octopus 39.23 unid. 3.71
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