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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mycteroperca phenax
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 71.00 NG
Sample size 3 Percent empty 33.3
Country USA Locality Offshore and inshore south of Cape Hatteras
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mycteroperca phenax
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
97.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cyprinodon variegatus Cyprinodon variegatus (95.7%), unidentified Osteichthyes (1.3%).
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Portunus spinicarpus Portunus spinicarpus.
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unidentified Decapoda. Also given as a zoobenthic diet component is Gastropoda with <0.1% percent by weight.
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