Feeding habits of the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) in the coast of Guerrero, Mexico

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AA Rojas-Herrera
X Chiappa-Carrara

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 Stomach contents analysis was used to describe quantitatively the feeding habits of Lutjanus guttatus. A total of 239 organisms with fork lengths between 12 and 55 cm were collected monthly from February 1993 to January 1995 in the coast of Guerrero. This species consumed a wide variety of prey organisms, mainly small fishes (index of relative importance, IIR = 67.46%) of the families Engraulidae, Clupeidae and Bregmacerotidae. Crustaceans, represented by Reptantia, Natantia and Stomatopoda, were consumed less (IIR = 30.94%). The composition of the diet varied as a function of the fish size. Seasonal and sexual differences in the diet were not significant.

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Rojas-Herrera, A., & Chiappa-Carrara, X. (2002). Feeding habits of the spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) in the coast of Guerrero, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas, 28(2), 133–147. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v28i2.219
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