Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scartichthys viridis
 
Main Ref. Ojeda, F.P. and A.A. Muñoz, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 115 Percent empty
Country Chile Locality Las Cruces, El Tabo, and Los Molles, March 1994 to April 1995.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scartichthys viridis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
36.90 % plants phytoplankton green algae n.a./others Chaetomorpha sp. Chaetomorpha sp., Cladophora sp., Codium sp., Enteromorpha sp., Rhizoclonium sp., Ulva sp.
7.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults amphipods amphipods, gastropods, and bivalves
0.90 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others macroalgae unidentified macroalgae
3.20 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Colpomenia sp. Phaeophyta: <>Colpomenia sp., <>Ectocarpus sp., <>Giffordia sp., <>Glossophora sp., <>Halopteris sp., <>Petalonia sp., <>Pilayella, sp., <>Ralfsia sp.
51.80 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Acrochaetium sp. Rhodophyta: Acrochaetium sp., Ahnfeltia sp., Ceramiales (Herposiphonia sp., <>Ceramium sp., Centroceras sp., Pterosiphonia sp., Heterosiphonia sp., Polysiphonia sp., Antithamnion sp.), Corallina sp., Dendrymenia sp., Gastroclonium sp., Gelidium sp., Plocamium sp., Rhodymenia sp., Schottera sp.
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