Food and Feeding Habits Summary Brama caribbea
 
Main Ref. Vaske, T. Jr., R.P. Lessa, T.M. Barbosa, M.T. Tolotti and A.C.B. Ribeiro, 2008
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length TL
Sample size 185 Percent empty 25
Country Brazil Locality Southwestern equatorial Atlantic
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Brama caribbea
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.32 % zooplankton plank. crust. amphipods n.a./others Cranocephalus sp.
0.36 % zooplankton plank. crust. amphipods n.a./others Platyscelidae
1.55 % zooplankton plank. crust. amphipods n.a./others Phronima sedentaria
2.45 % zooplankton plank. crust. amphipods n.a./others Phrosina semilunata
0.01 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians n.a./others Tunicata
0.02 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Diodontidae
0.05 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Antigonia combatia
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Brama brama
0.12 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Diretmus argenteus
0.21 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Alepisaurus ferox
0.34 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Balistes sp.
0.43 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Lestidiops jayakari
0.47 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Vinciguerria nimbaria
0.53 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Nomeidae
0.83 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Oxyporhamphus micropterus
0.96 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Dactylopterus volitans
1.39 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Gempylus serpens
1.48 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Cubiceps sp.
1.78 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Holocentridae
1.82 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Sternoptyx pseudobscura
2.89 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Brama caribbea
3.12 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Acanthurus sp.
6.00 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Myctophidae
10.07 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Scombridae
16.13 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Teleostei
6.04 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids n.a./others Euphausiacea
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods n.a./others Cavolinia uncinata
0.11 % zooplankton mollusks gastropods n.a./others Clio sp.
3.36 % zooplankton mollusks gastropods n.a./others Pterotracheoidea
0.49 % others insects insects n.a./others Halobates sp.
0.01 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Decapoda
0.78 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyura
2.29 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans n.a./others Sergestidae
3.73 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans n.a./others Brachyscelus crusculum
0.18 % zoobenthos cephalopods octopi n.a./others Octopodidae
0.01 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods n.a./others Ostracoda
0.02 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods n.a./others Calanoida
0.01 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes n.a./others Polychaeta
0.07 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Chiroteuthidae
0.29 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Histioteuthidae
0.65 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Ommastrephidae
0.71 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Onykia sp.
1.48 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Ommastrephes bartramii
1.71 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Liocranchia reinhardti
2.17 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Cranchiidae
3.67 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Onychoteuthidae
6.29 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Ornithoteuthis antillarum
11.89 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish n.a./others Enoploteuthidae
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