Food and Feeding Habits Summary Carcharodon carcharias
 
Main Ref. Grainger, R., V.M. Peddemors, D. Raubenheimer and G.E. Machovsky-Capuska, 2020
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 246.40 none
Sample size 20 Percent empty
Country Australia Locality off New South Wales
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Carcharodon carcharias
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.02 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Labridae
0.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Platycephalidae
0.13 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Achoerodus viridis
0.18 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Pleuronectiformes
0.21 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Ophichthidae
0.33 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Uranoscopidae
0.36 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pseudocaranx georgianus
1.72 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified bony fish
3.61 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ichthyscopus barbatus
6.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Arripis trutta
41.05 % others mammals dolphins juv./adults Tursiops aduncus
0.01 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified Hypnidae
0.15 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified Urolophidae
4.74 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Hypnos monopterygius
40.54 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Sphyrna zygaena
0.08 % others others n.a./others juv./adults unspecified vertebrate
0.03 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepia apama
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