Food and Feeding Habits Summary Plectropomus leopardus
 
Main Ref. Kingsford, M., 1992
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 26.00 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Australia Locality One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef Dec. 1989-Jun. 1991
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Plectropomus leopardus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.96 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pervagor melanocephalus 0.48% Monacanthidae, 0.48% Pervagor melanocephalus
4.64 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupeidae 3.93% Clupeidae, 0.71% Engraulidae
5.92 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Valenciennea longipinnis 2.36% Valenciennea longipinnis, 2.1% V. striatus
6.52 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Salarias fasciatus 4.95% Blenniidae, 1.58% Salarias fasciatus
7.93 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Parapercis cylindrica 1.39% Atherinidae, 0.1% Serranidae, 1.58% Synodontidae, 0.01% Mugiloididae, 0.01% Parapercis cylindrica, 0.78% Apogonidae, 0.12 Acanthochromis polyacanthus, 0.54% Amblyglyphidon, 0.43% Pomacentrus moluccensis, 0.52% P. leucozonus, 0.17% P. wardi, 0.08% Neopomacentrus sp., 0.15% Chromis atripectoralis, 0.42% Chromis sp., 1.63% other Pomacentridae
13.92 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Congridae Congridae
22.44 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scarus sordidus 21.45% Scaridae, 0.99% Scarus sordidus
28.73 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cheilinus diagrammus 5.04% Cheilinus diagrammus, 2.36% Cheilinus sp., 2.02% Thalassoma hardwicke, 1.57% Thalassoma lunare, 17.73% other Labridae
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
7.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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