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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melichthys niger
 
Main Ref. Hobson, E.S., 1974
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 15.80 TL
Sample size 7 Percent empty
Country Hawaii Locality Kona reef, 1969-1970
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Melichthys niger
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
88.75 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
0.25 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults naticid gastropods 0.1% naticid gastropods incl. 0.1% mollusk veliger
2.63 % zoobenthos cnidarians hard corals juv./adults hard corals
0.50 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
0.63 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae crab 0.4% crab megalops incl. 0.1% fish eggs
0.38 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Foraminifera Foraminifera
0.38 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pterotracheoidea Gastropoda
0.25 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae ostracods 0.1% ostracods, 0.1% gammaridean amphipods
4.89 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
1.38 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
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