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Feeding ecology of four fishes from a mangrove creek in north Queensland, Australia
Author(s) -
Beumer J. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1978.tb04191.x
Subject(s) - biology , goby , omnivore , mangrove , ecology , fishery , planktivore , predation , crepuscular , fish <actinopterygii> , nutrient , phytoplankton
The feeding ecology of four species of fish is described in terms of associations of body form, feeding structures, and stomach contents; and of seasonal variations in diet. Black bream, Acanthopagrus berda (Forskal, 1775), and the hair‐finned goby, Ctenogobius criniger (Valenciennes, 1837), are predominantly carnivorous; milk‐spotted toadfish, Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton‐Buchanan, 1822), largely omnivorous; and bony bream, Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton‐Buchanan, 1822), detritivorous. The results illustrate the role of a mangrove creek in the ecology of the four species of fish and show the mangrove creek provides a nursery for A. berda and C. patoca.