Food and Feeding Habits Summary Etelis carbunculus
 
Main Ref. Haight, W.R., J.D. Parrish and T.A. Hayes, 1993
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 45.00 FL
Sample size 33 Percent empty
Country Hawaii Locality Penguin Bank, Molokai Is., from October 1987 to December 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Etelis carbunculus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
97.16 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Balistidae Balistidae, Monacanthidae
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs adults crabs
0.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Thaliacea Thaliacea
0.71 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Heterocarpus ensifer Heterocarpus ensifer
1.73 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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