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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Polydactylus virginicus
 
Main Ref. Austin, H. and S. Austin, 1971
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 9.00 TL
Sample size 10 Percent empty
Country Puerto Rico Locality Along the western shores of Puerto Rico
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Polydactylus virginicus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Thalassia testudineus Thalassia testudineus , Ruppia maritima
75.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipoda, Isopoda, Ostracoda, Tanaidacea, Brachyura
17.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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