Food and Feeding Habits Summary Anisotremus scapularis
 
Main Ref. Medina, M., M. Araya and C. Vega, 2004
Fish stage adults Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size 58 Percent empty 43
Country Chile Locality coastal zone of northern Chile, May 1998- May 1999.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Anisotremus scapularis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
8.10 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades Lessonia sp. Lessonia sp. 3.7 unid. Algae 4.4
25.20 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Semimytilus algosus Protothaca thaca 2.1 Perumytilus purpuratus 1.7 Semimytilus algosus 7.1 Aulacomya ater 5.0 Diloma nigerrima 0.1 Tegula luctuosa 2.8 Crassilabrum crassilabrum 0.1 Tricolia macleani 0.2 Mitrella unifasciata 0.4 Nassarius gayi 0.5 Fissurella latimarginata 0.2 F. limbata 3.0 Fissurella sp. 2.0
4.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Fish unid. Fish
42.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Chiton cumingsi Chiton cumingsi 41.4 Chiton sp. 0.8
9.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Balanus laevis Balanus laevis 1.6 Pagurus edwardsii 0.6 P. villosus 0.3 P. gaudichaudi 6.3 Pagurus sp. 0.3 Pseudosquillopsis lessoni 0.7
7.60 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiurida Echiurida
2.20 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults Ophiactis kroyeri Ophiactis kroyeri 2.5
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