New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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FOOD OF PREDATORY DEMERSAL FISH IN HAURAKI GULF 1: FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF SNAPPER

Bruce L. Godfriaux

Marine Laboratory, Zoology Department, Victoria University of Wellington

Abstract Feeding was examined in 1,194 snapper, Chrysophrys auratus (Forster), from Hauraki Gulf and north-west Bay of Plenty. Occurrence and points (bulk) methods of food analysis were used in this study. By occurrence and bulk, crustaceans, polychaetes, echinoderms, molluscs, and teleosts formed the main snapper food groups, with crustaceans being the most important. Size of snapper, bottom type, depth, time of day and geographical regions affected the occurrence and importance of food items, while sex of fish probably did not.

N.Z. Jl mar. Freshwat. Res. 3: 518-44
(Received for publication 18 February 1969) Summary

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