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Table 4 Local Knowledge on the diet of Epinephelus marginatus in the coast of Brazila, b

From: Ecology and ethnoecology of dusky grouper [garoupa, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834)] along the coast of Brazil

Food Item

Copacabana

Itaipu

Pântano do Sul

Porto Sauípe

Itacimirim

Total

Algae

1

   

1

2

Anchovy

  

7

  

7

Anything

2

 

3

1

1

7

Bonito

1

3

7

  

11

Crabs

  

2

2

 

4

Crustacean

4

1

   

5

Deteriorated fish/meat

2

1

1

  

4

Fish

5

2

8

22

7

44

Lobster

   

1

 

1

Meat

1

    

1

Mouse/snake

  

1

  

1

Octopus

2

 

2

1

 

5

Sardine

10

7

8

1

1

27

Shrimp

3

 

2

1

1

7

Small mollusks

2

    

2

Squid

4

5

9

 

1

19

Does not know

   

2

2

4

N

23

12

23

22

12

92

  1. aCopacabana and Itaipu (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim and Porto Sauípe (Bahia)
  2. bBased on interviews showing 38 fish pictures, including Epinephelus marginatus.