Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scartella cristata
 
Main Ref. Tararam, A.S. and Y. Wakabara, 1982
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 40 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Itanhaém (24°12'S and 46°47'W), southern coast of the State of São Paulo
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scartella cristata
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
35.80 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Algae (filamentous)
1.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods n.a./others Dynoides castroi
4.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods n.a./others Sphaeroma walkeri
1.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Amphipoda (fragments)
3.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Petrolisthes sp
6.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Hyale media
29.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Decapoda (fragments)
1.50 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others Bryozoa
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Littorina ziczac
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Modiolus carvalhoi
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Odostomia sp.
2.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Acmaea subrugosa
3.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Brachidontes sp.
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks recruits/juv. Mollusca
1.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes n.a./others Phragmatopoma (fragments)
3.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes n.a./others Phragmatopoma lapidosa
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