Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gazza minuta
 
Main Ref. Blaber, S.J.M., D.A. Milton, N.J.F. Rawlinson, G. Tiroba and P.V. Nichols, 1990
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 10.00 FL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Solomon Is. Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gazza minuta
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
91.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Stolephorus heterolobus 22.76% Stolephorus spp., 13.77% Stolephorus devisi, 19.06 Stolephorus heterolobus, 1.1% Spratelloides lewisi, 0.57% Spratelloides spp., 3.45% Apogonidae, 0.02% Callionymus sp., 9.03% fish larvae, 0.09% Syngnathidae, 1.92% Synodidae, 19.62% unid. Teleostei
0.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs
0.22 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.51 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
2.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Copepoda 0.02% Amphipoda, 0.13% Copepoda, 1.95% unid. Crustacea
0.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyura Brachyuran larvae
0.60 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.32 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Sergestidae 0.77% Caridea, 0.51% Penaeidae, 1.04% Sergestidae
0.66 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
1.41 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults stomatopods
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