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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Naso hexacanthus
 
Main Ref. Hobson, E.S., 1974
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 29.70 FL
Sample size 16 Percent empty 75
Country Hawaii Locality Kona reef, 1969-1970
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Naso hexacanthus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
20.44 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others red algae filamentous red algae
27.78 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
2.22 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Siphonophora Siphonophores
0.89 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiid amphipods 0.5% Hyperiid amphipods, 0.3% gammaridean amphipods
18.11 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Larvacea Larvacea
23.67 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.33 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae mollusk veliger mollusk veliger
2.56 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida Calanoida
1.44 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.56 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps Decapod shrimps
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