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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Stegastes nigricans
 
Main Ref. Letourneur, Y., R. Galzin and M. Harmelin-Vivien, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country Reunion I. Locality Reunion Island, southwest Indian Ocean, Nov. 1989 to Aug. 1990
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Stegastes nigricans
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.80 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
1.60 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
1.90 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults polychaetes polychaetes, 1.8%; sipunculids, 0.1%
0.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults prawns amphipods, 0.2%; isopods, 0.1%; other benthic copepods, 0.4%; prawns, 0.2%
2.80 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
2.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults nudibranchs nudibranchs, 1.7%; gastrpods, 0.4%; mollusk eggs, 0.4%
83.40 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others phytoplankton
0.50 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps n.a./others coral polyps coral polyps
0.70 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./others n.a./others foraminifera foraminiferans
1.90 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults sea stars/brittle stars
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