From: Fishers’ knowledge about fish trophic interactions in the southeastern Brazilian coast
Fish species (Local name) | Food items from fishers’ LEK | Food items from the scientific literature | Likelihood |
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Bodianus rufus (Godião) | Mud (42), Guaiáa (35), Manjuba (35), Shrimp (19), Shellfish (15), Comidiob (12) | Shellfish, crabs, equinoids, may be cleaners of larger fish [45-49] | High |
Epinephelus marginatus (Garoupa) | Sardinha (46) Guaiá (38) Bonito (35) Manjuba (27) Crab (23) Rotten bait (12) | Crabs, moluscs (mainly cephalopods) and fish (mainly planctivorous) [47,50-55] | High |
Epinephelus morio (Garoupa) | Sardinha (46) Guaiá (42) Bonito (35) Manjuba (31) Crab (23) | Fish and invertebrates, mainly crustaceans and cephalopods [51,52,56] | High |
Caranx latus (Xaréu) | Manjuba (77) Squid (23) Comidio (19) Shrimp (12) | Mainly fish and, in lower proportion, shrimp and other invertebrates, including pteropods and copepods [47,51,57,58] | High |
Umbrina coroides (Betara) | Shrimp (73) Squid (15) Mud (12) Manjuba (12) | Benthic organisms, mainly crustaceans (Amphipoda and Mysidacea) [59-61] | High |
Mycteroperca bonaci (Badejo) | Shrimp (35) Manjuba (35) Sardinha (23) Squid (19) Guaiá (15) | Adults eat mainly fish and juveniles eat crustaceans and also cephalopods [46,51,56] | High |
Mugil curema (Parati) | Water’s foam (58) Sand (19) Mud (19) Dust (19) | Juveniles eat plankton and adults eat plant material, microalgae, benthic microorganisms, copepods, polichaeta and detritus from the substrate [45,62-64] | Medium |
Seriola lalandi (Olhete) | Squid (46) Manjuba (42) Comidio (27) Sardinha (19) | Medium | |
Bodianus pulchellus (Godião) | Guaiá (46) Mud (27) Shrimp (15) Barnacle (15) Shellfish (12) Pindác (12) Don’t know (12) | Crustaceans, mollusks and ectoparasites from other fish [45-47,49] | Medium |
Oligoplites saliens (Guaivira) | Manjuba (73) Comidio (23) Shrimp (12) Squid (12) | Mainly fish and, in a lesser extent, cephalopods and crustaceans. This species may also eats scales from other fish [46,57] | High |
Pomatomus saltatrix (Anchova) | Manjuba (69) Sardinha (35) Squid (27) Comidio (19) Shrimp (12) | Mainly fish, eventually mollusks, crustaceans and cephalopods [46,67-72] | High |
Caranx crysos (Xarelete) | Manjuba (73) Comidio (23) Squid (19) Shrimp (12) Sardinha (12) | Fish, cephalopods, crustaceans and other benthic invertebrates [46,58,59] | High |
Micropogonias furnieri (Corvina) | Shrimp (69) Squid (27) Manjuba (19) | Crustaceans, cephalopods, anelids and fish [46,52,59,61,68,73] | High |
Cynoscion jamaicensis (Goete) | Shrimp (54) Squid (31) Manjuba (27) Sardinha (12) Comidio (12) | High | |
Stegastes fuscus (Café torrado) | Shrimp (35) Guaiá (31) Mud (27) Shellfish (15) | Mainly algae, crustaceans, cnidarians and small invertebrates [45,46,75,76] | High |
Scomberomorus brasiliensis (Sororoca) | Manjuba (54) Comidio (19) Sardinha (19) Shrimp (12) | Mainly fish, but also cephalopods and crustaceans [46,68,77,78] | High |
Centropomus parallelus (Robalo) | Shrimp (65) Manjuba (31) Squid (15) | High | |
Mycteroperca acutirostris (Miracelo) | Shrimp (54) Manjuba (50) Comidio (23) Squid (15) | High | |
Abudefduf saxatilis (Tiniuna) | Shrimp (31) Guaiá (19) Mud (19) Barnacle (15) Baratinhad (12) Bonito (12) Manjuba (12) Dust (12) | Plankton, small invertebrates, crustaceans and algae [45,47,81] | High |
Euthynnus alleteratus (Bonito) | Manjuba (77) Comidio (23) | Medium | |
Trichiurus lepturus (Espada) | Sardinha (54) Manjuba (46) Squid (23) Comidio (15) | High | |
Mugil liza (Tainha) | Water’s foam (62) Mud (31) Sand (12) Manjuba (12) | High | |
Menticirrhus americanus (Betara) | Shrimp (77) Manjuba (23) Squid (12) Crab (12) | Benthic organisms, mainly polichaeta and crustaceans [46,59,61] | Medium |
Lutjanus synagris (Vermelho) | Shrimp (38) Squid (35) Sardinha (31) Manjuba (23) Bonito (15) | Prefers to eat crustaceans and fish, but eats also equinoderms, polichaeta, gastropods and cephalopods [52,59,68,84] | High |