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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Malacocephalus occidentalis
 
Main Ref. Muto, E.Y., M.H.C. da Silva, G.R. Vera, S.S.M. Leite, D.G. Navarro and C.L.D.B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2005
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 31.40 NG
Sample size 57 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo, Slope, Summer/Autumn 2002.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Malacocephalus occidentalis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Diodontidae Teleostei unid. 3.8 Diodontidae 3.6 Tetradontiformes 2.2
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Flabellifera Flabellifera 0.3
21.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea unid. 21.7
65.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Munida sp. Decapoda unid. 9.1 Penaeidae 14.8 Caridea 3.6 Anomura 3.8 Munida sp. 1.9 Munida flinti 30.4 Brachyura 2.3
2.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopoda Octopoda unid. 2.2 Cephalopoda 0.2
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