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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hypanus americanus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage adults Mean length 85.00 NG
Sample size 2 Percent empty 0
Country USA Locality Offshore south of Cape Hatteras
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hypanus americanus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Osteichthyes Unidentified Osteichthyes.
17.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Portunus sp. Portunus sp.
68.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Ovalipes ocellatus Ovalipes ocellatus
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Crangon septemspinosa (<0.1%), Munida sp. <0.2%) and unidentified crustaceans (0.3%).
12.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults decapods Unidentified decapods.
0.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes Unspecified polychaetes.
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