Food and Feeding Habits Summary Diapterus rhombeus
 
Main Ref. Santos, A.C.A. and F.G. Araújo, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length TL
Sample size 16 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Sepetiba Bay (Latitud 22°54' to 23°04'S and longitud 43°34' to 44°10'W)
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Diapterus rhombeus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.10 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Gyrosigma sp.
0.80 % others insects insects n.a./others Insecta (fragments)
1.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans eggs Copepoda
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Crustacea (fragments)
1.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Cladocera
3.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Amphipoda
12.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Cyclopoidea
17.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Calanoidea
0.40 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other benth. invertebrates n.a./others Sipuncula
0.40 % others others n.a./others eggs Unidentified eggs
1.60 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Mud
6.20 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Sand
16.90 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Animalia (fragments)
23.10 % plants other plants n.a./others n.a./others Plant (fragments)
2.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids n.a./others Nematoda
6.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods n.a./others Ostracoda
1.20 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes n.a./others Polychaeta
2.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes n.a./others Polychaeta (fragments)
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