Food and Feeding Habits Summary Masturus lanceolatus
 
Main Ref. Bakenhaster, M.D. and J.S. Knight-Gray, 2016
Fish stage adults Mean length none
Sample size 5 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Florida
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Masturus lanceolatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.79 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others seagrass fragment
37.74 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Actinopterygii
0.02 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Naticidae
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda
0.16 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea
3.96 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Caridea
0.79 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Cephalopoda beaks only
0.31 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Diogenidae
0.47 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates juv./adults Clio pyramidata
55.03 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pyrosoma sp. bones, lenses and scales
0.63 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods adults Stomatopoda Samples were larvae (planktonic glaucothoe stage).
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