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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Microspathodon chrysurus
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 10.20 SL
Sample size 42 Percent empty 7
Country Puerto Rico Locality Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Microspathodon chrysurus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
92.82 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Ceramium byssoideum 89.3% algae: Anacystis, Ceramium byssoideum, Centroceras clavulatum, Coelothrix irregularis, Enteromorpha, Gelidium rigidulum, Herposiphonia spp., Lyngbya spp., Microcoleus, Oscillatoria, Polysiphonia, Plectonema nostocorum, Wrangelia argus
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
2.29 % zoobenthos cnidarians hard corals juv./adults corals 2.2% corals
1.87 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others crustaceans 1.8% unid. crustaceans
0.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
1.04 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars n.a./others ophiuroids 1% ophiuroids
1.25 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps 1.2% shrimps
0.21 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges
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