Main Ref. | Simpfendorfer, C.A., 1998 | ||
Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 50.80 TL |
Sample size | 433 | Percent empty | |
Country | Australia | Locality | Cleveland Bay, north Queensland, May 1987-February 1990. |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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27.62 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Clupeidae | Pelagic fish: 5.42% Chirocentridae, 15.86% Clupeidae, 1.29% Engraulidae, 1.15% Hemirhamphidae, 3.5% Leptobramidae, 0.4% Trichiuridae |
67.79 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Teraponidae | Demersal fish: 0.29% Apogonidae, 0.58% Cynoglossidae, 1.42% Haemulidae, 9.35% Leiognathidae, 0.2% Mullidae, 2.3% Plotosidae, 0.96% Polynemidae, 0.61% Sillaginidae, 0.18% Syngnathidae, 2.12% Synodontidae, 14.21% Teraponidae, 0.35% Triacanthidae, 35.22% unid. Fish |
2.38 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Penaeidae | Penaeidae, Portunidae, Stomatopoda |
2.22 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Loliginidae | Loliginidae |