Korean Journal of Ichthyology (한국어류학회지)

The Ichthyological Society of Korea (한국어류학회)
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Feeding Habits of Stephanolepis cirrhifer in a Zostera marina Bed

Kwak, Seok Nam;Baeck, Gun Wook;Huh, Sung-Hoi

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Abstract

Feeding Habits of Stephanolepis cirrhifer collected from a Zostera marina bed in Jindong Bay, Korea, were studied. S. cirrhifer is an omnivore which consumes mainly amphipods (gammarids and caprellids) and eelgrass, Z. marina. Its diet also includes a small amount of copepods, polychaetes, and isopods. S. cirrhifer showed ontogenetic changes in feeding habits. Small individuals less than 2 cm SL fed mainly on copepods, however, amphipods were heavily selected with increasing fish size. The consumption of eelgrass by S. cirrhifer was 10~20% at all size classes. The dietary breadth of each size class showed a relatively low value.

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