Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mustelus manazo
 
Main Ref. Yamaguchi, A. and T. Taniuchi, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 224 Percent empty
Country Japan Locality Aomori, Wakasa Bay. May 1994-May 1996.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mustelus manazo
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytes personatus Cottidae 2.3 Ammodytes personatus 0.4 Sardinops melanosticta 0.3 Synodontidae 0.1 unidentified 0.3
15.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Axiidae Axiidae 11.7 Galatheidae 1.6 Paguridae 0.3 unidentified 1.3
63.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Erimacrus isenbeckii Erimacrus isenbeckii 26.9 Xanthidae: others 21.6 Majidae sp. 0.4 Pleistacantha scantijohannis 0.1 Carcinoplax longimana 0.3 unidentified crabs 13.2
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Aega antillensis Aega antillensis
8.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacean Crustacean fragments 8.1
1.00 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults octopi
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
6.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Argis lar Argis lar 3.7 Crangon sp. 2.0 others 0.1
1.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids squids 1.4
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