Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sargocentron diadema
 
Main Ref. Harmelin-Vivien, M.L., 1979
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 76 Percent empty 47
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
0.31 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades algae
0.24 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. fish
2.81 % zoobenthos mollusks chitons juv./adults Polyplacophora
17.85 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Brachyura
34.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda Copepods 0.02 Isopods 33.83 Amphipods 0.26
4.93 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Galatheidae
12.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacean fragments 10.01 shrimps 1.99
2.39 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Opisthobranchia Opisthobranchia 1.57 Gastropods 0.82
0.43 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Brachyuran larvae
24.87 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Polychaeta 24.21 Sipunculids .65
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