Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lutjanus guttatus
 
Main Ref. López-Peralta, R.H. and C.A.T. Arcila, 2002
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 12.70 TL
Sample size 34 Percent empty 30
Country Colombia Locality Southern continental shelf of the Pacific coast of Colombia, December 1997.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lutjanus guttatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
32.84 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Chloroscombrus orqueta unidentified fish 11.63 Chloroscombrus orqueta 8.26 Anchoa 6.63 Selene peruviana 4.81 Anguilliformes 1.51
10.05 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Parthenopidae Majidae 9.88 Parthenopidae 0.17
0.78 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
0.02 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.85 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults plank Invert unidentified plank. Invert. 0.53 Decapoda 0.32
28.99 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults sea stars/brittle stars
5.72 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Sicyonia disdorsalis unidentified shrimps 4.62 Sycionia 0.50 Solenocera 0.33 Sicyonia disdorsalis 0.15 Processa 0.12
5.77 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
14.98 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Squilla pamensis unidentified stomatopods 9.98 Squilla pamensis 4.26 Eurysquilla 0.74
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