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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Haemulon carbonarium
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 21.40 SL
Sample size 30 Percent empty
Country Puerto Rico Locality Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Haemulon carbonarium
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.95 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults blennioid 0.7% blennioid fish, 0.2% amphipods
9.80 % zoobenthos mollusks chitons juv./adults Ischnochiton papillosus Ischnochiton papillosus
38.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Pisosoma sp. majids, Pisosoma sp.
15.20 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
1.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others barnacle barnacle appendages
6.00 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms n.a./others Ophiocoma Ophiocoma & Ophiothrix
4.85 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Sipunculids Sipunculids
8.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
10.90 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults sea urchins
4.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults alpheids alpheids
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