Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition Decapterus punctatus
n = 5
Main Food Percent
Trophic Level
(y)
Predator Life Stage Country Locality Ref.
zooplankton 55 3.5 juv./adults USA Between Cape Fear and Cape Canaveral, FL 6031
zooplankton 60 3.2 juv./adults Puerto Rico Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961. 33
zoobenthos 59 3.3 recruits/juv. USA Between Cape Fear and Cape Canaveral, FL 6031
zoobenthos 83 3.1 recruits/juv. USA Between Cape Fear and Cape Canaveral, FL 6031
detritus 83 4.4 adults USA Inshore south of Cape Hatteras 37512
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