Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhomboplites aurorubens
 
Main Ref. Sedberry, G.R. and N. Cuellar, 1993
Fish stage adults Mean length 30.00 SL
Sample size 67 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality Off South Carolina and Georgia
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Rhomboplites aurorubens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
32.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
12.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda 7.9% Decapoda, 0.3% Cumacea, 0.9% Amphipoda, 2.6% Cirripedia, 0.3% Stomatopoda, <0.1% Copepoda, <0.1% Ostracoda
1.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Thaliacea Thaliacea
2.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
51.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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