Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mustelus schmitti
 
Main Ref. Capitoli, R.R., M.L. Ruffino and C.M. Vooren, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 37.00 TL
Sample size 158 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Rio Grande do Sul
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mustelus schmitti
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
10.27 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
79.98 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Paguridae Paguridae, Portunidae, Penaeidae, Caridea, Brachyura, Isopoda
0.29 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Sipunculida Sipunculida
2.71 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopus Octopus spp., Gastropoda
6.76 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Lysaretidae 1.11% Onuphidae, 0.62% Glyceridae, 0.34% Owenidae, 0.8% Polynoidae, 1.34% Lysaretidae, 0.06% Chaetopteridae, 0.01% Opheliidae, 0.06% Lumbrineridae, 0.02% Nephtyidae
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