Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rhomboplites aurorubens
 
Main Ref. Grimes, C.B., 1979
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 7.50 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country USA Locality North and South Carolina waters
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Rhomboplites aurorubens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.00 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
6.50 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish fish eggs and radiolarians
6.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae crab crab larvae and ostracods
10.00 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults nematodes nematodes
67.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
5.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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