Food and Feeding Habits Summary Selene peruviana
 
Main Ref. López-Peralta, R.H. and C.A.T. Arcila, 2002
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 27.40 TL
Sample size 64 Percent empty 27
Country Colombia Locality Southern continental shelf of the Pacific coast of Colombia.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Selene peruviana
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.12 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades benthic algae/weeds
61.22 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trichiurus lepturus Engraulidae 35.13 unidentified 13.44 Trichiurus lepturus 12.31 Lutjanidae 0.34
3.69 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
2.46 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
0.66 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.75 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates recruits/juv. plank. invertebrates
5.96 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
3.77 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
18.51 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
1.86 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults stomatopods
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