Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhizoprionodon taylori
 
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.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Rhizoprionodon taylori
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
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
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