Food and Feeding Habits Summary Kyphosus azureus
 
Main Ref. Sturm, E.A. and M.H. Horn, 1998
Fish stage adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 60 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Santa Catalina, California
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Kyphosus azureus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Enteromorpha spp. 2.3% Enteromorpha spp., 1.7% Chaetomorpha, <1% of Codium fragile and Ulva lobata
7.80 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Halidrys dioica 3.7% Halidrys dioica, 2.4% Ectocarpaceae, 1.7% Petrospongium rugosum
88.20 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Polysiphonia spp. 63.8% Polysiphonia spp., 11.6% Chondracanthus canaliculatus, 5% Ceramium spp., 4.6% Pterocladia capillacea, 1.2% Gelidium coulteri, <1% of each of the ff.: Corallina chilensis, Cryptopleura crispa, Hypnea valentiae, Liagora californica, Mazzaella affinis
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