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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chaetodon capistratus
 
Main Ref. Birkeland, C. and S. Neudecker, 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 8.00 TL
Sample size 10 Percent empty
Country Virgin Is. (US) Locality St. Croix, 1978
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chaetodon capistratus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.46 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
3.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
0.82 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
9.18 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Octocorallia Octocorallia
74.99 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Hexacorallia Hexacorallia
11.53 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults serpulid polychaetes serpulid polychaetes
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