Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pseudocaranx wrighti
 
Main Ref. Platell, M.E., G.A. Sarre and I.C. Potter, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 189 Percent empty
Country Australia Locality lower west coast, 1991-1992
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pseudocaranx wrighti
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others algae 0.2% algae.
0.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults teleosts 0.8% teleosts.
62.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults calanoid copepods 7.9% calanoid copepods, 5.7% Zoea/Megalopa, 4.3% amphipods, 3.2% ostracods, 3.1% other copopods, 2.8% tanaids, 2.8% brachyuran crabs, 2.7% mysids, 1.9% isopods, 1.8% cumaceans, 0.8% penaeid decapods, 0.7% caridean decapods, 24.7% unid. Crustaceans
12.40 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults gastropods 3.5% bivalves, 7.8% gastropods, 1.1% scaphopods.
0.23 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Larvacea 0.2% larvaceans.
12.70 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Sediment Sediment.
8.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes 8% polychaetes.
3.30 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults ophiuroids 2.4% ophiuroids, 0.9% echinoids.
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