Food and Feeding Habits Summary Diplodus holbrookii
 
Main Ref. Carr, W.E.S. and C.A. Adams, 1972
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.30 SL
Sample size 9 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality about 3 miles NW of the mouth of Crystal River, Florida, April to August 1971
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Diplodus holbrookii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.45 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Caligoid copepods ectoparasites, mostly Caligoid copepods
13.28 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
8.68 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults benth. invertebrates
26.99 % plants other plants periphyton n.a./others periphyton
4.39 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
20.92 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps shrimps and mysids
22.28 % others herps toads/frogs larvae toads/frogs
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