Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sargocentron diadema
 
Main Ref. Harmelin-Vivien, M.L., 1979
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 46 Percent empty 0.02
Country Madagascar Locality Tuléar Madagascar
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sargocentron diadema
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.38 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades algae
0.85 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. fish
7.81 % zoobenthos mollusks chitons juv./adults Polyplacophora Opisthobranchia 1.02 Gastropods 1.23 Polyplacophora 4.82 Ophiurids 0.74
34.23 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Brachyura Brachyura 33.25 Paguridae 0.98
9.39 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda Isopods 8.53 Amphipods 0.85 Cumaceans 0.01
9.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Galatheidae
0.45 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyuran larvae
0.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults Ostracods Ostracods 0.27 Copepods 0.06
29.91 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Polychaeta 29.51 Sipunculids .0.20
7.41 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps Crustacean fragments 2.49 shrimps 4.92
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