Food and Feeding Habits Summary Epinephelus striatus
 
Main Ref. Grover, J.J., 1993
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.50 SL
Sample size 89 Percent empty
Country Bahamas Locality southern Exuma Cays, 1991
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Epinephelus striatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.31 % plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates n.a./others dinoflagellates
47.43 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae fish larvae
0.31 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Foraminifera Foraminifera
0.73 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
51.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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