Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Hepatus pudibundus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hepatus pudibundus

Main Ref.	Mantelatto, F.L.M. and M. Petracco, 1997
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	4.60
Sample size	29	Percent empty
Country	Brazil	Locality	Fortaleza Bay, Ubatuba, São Paulo
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hepatus pudibundus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
9.80 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	9.38% Pisces.
0.17 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Algae	0.16% Algae.
56.76 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	54.33% Crustacea (shrimps, crabs, hermit crabs, isopods).
27.14 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic material	25.98% decomposition material (unrecognizable tissue, amorphous particles, algal and animal fragments, unidentifiable organic material).
0.60 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	Bryozoa	0.57% Bryozoa.
1.70 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	Mollusca	1.63% Mollusca (gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods).
3.83 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	3.67% polychaetes.