Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
 
Main Ref. Nel, S.A., I.C. Potter and N.R. Loneragan, 1985
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country Australia Locality Swan estuary
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
10.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Melita matilda
26.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Corophium minor Includes as unidentified Corophium sp. = 0.1 %
1.30 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Xenostrobus securis
2.30 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Sanguinolaria biradiata
3.70 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Tellina deltoidalis
17.50 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Musculista globerinna Could not very whether or not Musculista globerinna is a valid name.
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Assimenea spp.
2.50 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Spisula trigonella
1.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Sphaeromatidae
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Palaemonetes australis
11.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Paratanais sp.
7.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Harmothoe waahli
12.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Ceratonereis erythraeensis
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