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	125	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
0.45 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	juv./adults	algae	0.43% Algae.
9.74 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Osteichthyes	9.28% Pisces.
25.08 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	organic material	23.9% decomposition material (unrecognizable tissue, amorphous particles, algal and animal fragments, unidentifiable organic material).
58.96 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Crustacea	56.18% Crustacea (shrimps, crabs, hermit crabs, isopods).
0.07 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	Foraminifera
2.84 %	zoobenthos	other benth. Invertebrates	n.a./other benth. Invertebrates	juv./adults	Bryozoa	2.71% Bryozoa.
0.01 %	zoobenthos	echinoderms	n.a./other echinoderms	juv./adults	Echinodermata	0.01% Echinodermata (ophiuroids, sea urchins).
2.21 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	Mollusca	2.11% Mollusca (gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods).
0.01 %	zoobenthos	cnidarians	n.a./other polyps	juv./adults	Hydrozoa
0.61 %	zoobenthos	worms	polychaetes	juv./adults	Polychaeta	0.58% polychaetes.