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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Platycephalus grandispinis
 
Main Ref. Platell, M.E. and I.C. Potter, 1998
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 21.50 TL
Sample size 248 Percent empty
Country Australia Locality West coast of Australia
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Platycephalus grandispinis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.60 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults bivalves
36.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae 6.6% Clupeidae, 5% Gerreidae, 0.8% Pempheridae, 0.3% Gobiidae, 0.5% Bothidae, 23.5% unid. Fish
25.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Oxyrhyncan crabs 19.7% Oxyrhyncan crabs, 3.3% Brachyrhyncan crabs, 0.9% unid. Crabs
1.70 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
4.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
11.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
4.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Gammarid amphipods 3.2% Gammarid amphipods incl. 0.6% Tanaids, 0.5% Cumaceans, 0.1% Ostracods
3.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta 3.7% Polychaeta incl. 0.2% Sipunculids
9.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Caridean decapods 8.4% Caridean decapods, 0.9% Penaeid decapods
1.70 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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