Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mustelus griseus
 
Main Ref. Kamura, S. and H. Hashimoto, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 69.50 TL
Sample size 187 Percent empty
Country Japan Locality western Hiuchi Nada Sea, Seto Inland Sea. March1997-Oct.1999;May 2000-July02
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mustelus griseus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.28 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
1.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Bothidae Carangidae 0.01 Callionymidae 0.16 Pleuronectifermes 0.14 Bothidae 0.32 unid. 0.93
61.39 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Portunus hastatoides Pinnotheres pholadis 0.02 Astenognathus inaequipes 0.02 Halomede fragifera 0.39 Sphaerozius nitidus 0.02 Xanthoidea spp. 0.32 Hexapinus lanpes 0.01 Eucrate crenata 0.13 Portunus gladiator 0.40 P. hastatoides 8.68 Chabrybdis variegata 5.41 C. bimaculata 7.12 Chabrybdis sp. 0.01 Liocarcinus corrugatus 2.10 Lissocarcinus laevis 0.25 Portunidae 0.09 Cancer gibbosulus 2.88 Parthenope valida valida 1.70 Parthenopidae spp. 0.01 Hystenus diacanshus 0.44 Narsia japonica 0.01 Leucosjidae spp. 0.18 Paradrippe granulata 2.73 Drippoidae spp. 0.40 unid. 17.51
14.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacean Crustacean fragments
3.30 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Urechis unicinetus Urechis unicinetus 0.39 unid. 0.18 Sipunculans 2.73
3.75 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
13.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Leptochela gracilis Crangon affinis 0.30 Latrentes planivastris 0.03 Lysmata vitrata 0.02 Ogyrides orientalis 0.02 O. striaticauda 0.01 Alpheus brevicristatus 0.04 A. distinguendus 0.06 A. bisincisus 0.13 A. japonicus 0.09 Alpheidae spp. 0.38 Palaemon serrifer 0.17 Palaemon spp. 0.10 Leptochela gracilis 1.50 Trachypenacus curvirostris 0.37 Metapenaeus ensis 0.03 Metapenaeopsis lamellata 0.10 M. dalei 0.49 M. sp. 0.03 Penaeidae sp. 0.08 unid. 2.02
0.91 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Euprymna morsei Sepiidae 0.35 Euprymna morsei 0.19 Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis 0.10 unid. Squids 0.07 unid. 0.20
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