Food and Feeding Habits Summary Grammoplites suppositus
 
Main Ref. Abdurahiman, K.P., P.U. Zacharia, T.H. Nayak and K.S. Mohamed, 2007
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 21.20 TL
Sample size 581 Percent empty
Country Locality coast of Karnataka, in Arabian Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Grammoplites suppositus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
29.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults fishes Nemipterus mesoprion 6.98 Grammoplites suppositus 0.72 Saurida spp. 0.78 Trichiurus spp. 1.99 Cynoglossus macrostomus 1.58 Stolephorus spp. 0.09 Leiognathus bindus 1.06 fish juveniles 1.41 unidentified fishes 15.19
19.96 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs benthic crabs
1.67 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus
0.01 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda
0.05 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults sea urchins
46.99 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Solenocera choprai Metapenaeus spp. 1.77 Trachypenaeus spp. 3.66 Solenocera choprai 19.70 Penaeid prawns 11.70 Acetes indicus 2.55 Hippa spp. 0.43 Oratosquilla nepa 7.18
1.54 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo spp.
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