Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mullus barbatus barbatus
 
Main Ref. Caragitsou, E. and N. Tsimenides, 1982
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 687 Percent empty
Country Greece Locality Thracian Sea, October 1976, March and July 1977
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mullus barbatus barbatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.75 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Amphipoda Cumacea 2.44 Amphipoda 5.31
6.00 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults bivalves
40.36 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
0.69 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
9.59 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Mysidacea 9.56 Euphausiacea 0.03
19.48 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
1.07 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults Ostracoda Ostracoda 0.06 Gastropoda 0.03
14.36 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
0.62 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults stomatopods
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