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Table 5 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

Bertioga

Itacimirim

Pântano do Sul

Vitória sland

TOTAL

Algae

 

1

   

1

Anything

3

3

3

7

1

17

Bonito

1

4

1

1

1

8

Crabs

1

2

1

2

 

6

Crustacean

2

    

2

Deteriorated fish/meat

1

5

 

7

 

13

Fish

2

 

15

8

2

27

Meat

  

1

  

1

Mouse/snake

   

1

 

1

Octopus

 

2

  

1

3

Sardine

3

6

2

2

1

14

Shrimp

1

 

2

  

3

Small mollusks

4

1

   

5

Squid

 

3

 

3

 

6

Interviews

10

11

15

11

2

49

  1. aBertioga and Vitória Island (São Paulo), Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro), Pântano do Sul (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina), and Itacimirim (Bahia).
  2. b Based don interviews with experienced fishermen [40 years up, fishing and living in the locality for 25 years or more]