Food and Feeding Habits Summary Haemulon album
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 40.50 SL
Sample size 57 Percent empty 32
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 album
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
8.90 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults pelecypods 5.4% pelecypods incl. 2.7% gastropods, 0.8% chitons
11.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs 7.6% crabs, 3.3% unid. crustaceans, 0.5% hermit crabs
2.00 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults hemichordata hemichordates
0.20 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others scaphopods scaphopods
3.50 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others hemichordata hemichordates
27.90 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults sipunculids sipunculids
15.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults arabellids 14% arabellids incl. 1% echiuroids
25.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults echinoids 19.9% echinoids incl. spatangoids, 5.2% ophiuroids
5.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults alpheids 3.9% alpheids & axids incl. 1.4% stomatopods, 0.5% amphipods
0.20 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults sponges 0.1% sponges, 0.1% bryozoans
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