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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sphyrna tiburo
 
Main Ref. Lessa, R.P. and Z. Almeida, 1998
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 80.30 TL
Sample size 203 Percent empty 6
Country Brazil Locality Northern Brazil
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sphyrna tiburo
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Macrodon ancylodon 1.82% Engraulidae, 4.18% Congridae, 3.33% Macrodon ancylodon
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.10 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Hoplunus tenius 0.08% Hoplunus tenius
90.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Callinectes ornatus 37.22% Callinectes ornatus, 36.73% Callinectes exasperatus, 13.75% Callinectes sp., 0.35% Penaeidae, 0.15% Panulirus
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