Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cathorops spixii
 
Main Ref. Gómez-Canchong, P., L. Manjarrés M., L.O. Duarte and J. Altamar, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 16.10 TL
Sample size 2164 Percent empty
Country Colombia Locality Magdalena and La Guajira
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cathorops spixii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.28 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults lenguados
14.19 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults crabs
9.43 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus
23.11 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults invertebrates
8.25 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults zooplankton
36.34 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta
0.79 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Asteroidea
5.58 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps
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