Main Ref. | Klumpp, D.W. and P.D. Nichols, 1983 | ||
Fish stage | adults | Mean length | 47.00 SL |
Sample size | 296 | Percent empty | 32 |
Country | Australia | Locality | Corner Inlet, south-eastern Australia, Feb. 1980 - Nov. 1981. |
Period |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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1.10 % | plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | leaves/blades | Posidonia australis | Seagrass fragments (mainly Posidonia australis). |
26.90 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Clinus perspicillatus | 11.8% Clinus perspicillatus, 8.5% Cantherines spilomelanarus, 1.4% other fish, 5.2% unidentified fish. |
60.60 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Nectocarcinus integrifons | 51.8% Nectocarcinus integrifons, 5.3% Paragrapsis laevis, 1.4% Ovalipes australiensis, 1.3% Halicarcinus ovatus, 0.8% unidentified crabs. |
0.30 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | gastropods | juv./adults | gastropods | |
0.40 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | isopods | juv./adults | isopods | |
0.40 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | juv./adults | mysids | |
2.50 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | juv./adults | Pontophilus internedius | Pontophilus internedius. |
7.80 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Loligo sp. | Loligo sp. |