Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna lewini
 
Main Ref. Hussey, N.E., S.F. Dudley, I.D. McCarthy, G. Cliff and A.T. Fisk, 2011
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length none
Sample size 126 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality KwaZulu-Natal
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sphyrna lewini
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.04 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Engraulidae %M=0.04
0.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Carangidae %M=0.05
0.06 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Leiognathidae %M=0.06
0.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Enoploteuthidae %M=0.09
0.13 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Teraponidae %M=0.13
0.15 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Mugilidae %M=0.15
0.35 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Serranidae %M=0.35
0.43 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Octopodidae %M=0.43
0.58 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified elasmobranch %M=0.58
0.79 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Trichiuridae %M=0.79
0.81 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sparidae %M=0.81
0.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Anguillidae %M=0.91
1.26 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Carcharhinidae %M=1.25
1.38 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Clupeidae %M=1.37
1.51 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sepiidae %M=1.5
1.75 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Oplegnathidae %M=1.74
1.82 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Sciaenidae %M=1.81
1.92 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Ariidae %M=1.91
2.26 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Gymnuridae %M=2.25
2.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Dasyatidae %M=2.56
4.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Plotosidae %M=4.46
4.83 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Squatinidae %M=4.8
7.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified shark %M=6.96
8.06 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scyliorhinidae %M=8.01
8.41 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scombridae %M=8.36
9.77 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Octopoteuthidae %M=9.71
11.07 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleost %M=11.01
11.61 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Rhinobatidae %M=11.54
15.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Haemulidae %M=15.81
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