Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Elagatis bipinnulata

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Elagatis bipinnulata

Main Ref.	Vaske, T. Jr., F.H.V Hazin and R.P. Lessa, 2006
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	69.20 TL
Sample size	309	Percent empty	38
Country	Brazil	Locality	Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Elagatis bipinnulata

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
0.02 %	zoobenthos	sponges/tunicates	ascidians	n.a./others	Tunicata
0.02 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Dactylopterus volitans
0.02 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Ostraciidae
0.05 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Gonostomatidae
0.16 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Balistidae
0.18 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Acanthuridae
0.18 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Brama sp.
0.43 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Diaphus sp.
0.52 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Carangidae
1.03 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Oxyporhamphus micropterus
23.57 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Exocoetus volitans
25.24 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Teleostei
42.22 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Cypselurus cyanopterus
4.42 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	n.a./others	Euphausiacea
0.05 %	zooplankton	mollusks	gastropods	n.a./others	Pterotracheoidea
0.08 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	n.a./others	Cavolinia sp.
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	larvae	Scyllaridae (Phylossoma)
0.78 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	larvae	Brachyura
0.02 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	n.a./others	Platyscelidae
0.03 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	n.a./others	Hemithyphis sp.
0.02 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	recruits/juv.	Stomatopoda
0.02 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	n.a./others	Brachyscelus crusculum
0.08 %	zoobenthos	cephalopods	octopi	n.a./others	Octopodidae
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	n.a./others	Cranchiidae
0.11 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	n.a./others	Ommastrephidae
0.16 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	n.a./others	Ornithoteuthis antillarum
0.46 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	n.a./others	Sthenoteuthis pteropus

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