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Feeding Habits of Boleophthalmus pectinirostris in the Intertidal Zone of Beolgyo, Korea (벌교 조간대에 서식하는 짱뚱어 Boleophthalmus pectinirostris의 식성)

  • Choi, Dae-Up;Kim, Jong-Yeon
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2016
  • The feeding habits of Boleophthalmus pectinirostris were studied using 198 specimens collected monthly from April 2014 to March 2015 in the intertidal zone of Beolgyo, Korea. The size of B. pectinirostris ranged from 6.5 to 18.7 cm in total length (TL, cm). B. pectinirostris was herbivore that consumes mainly centric and pennate diatoms. Its diets also included small quantities of Prorocentrum dinoflagellates. and nematods. B. pectinirostris predominantly consumed diatoms (mainly Pleurosigma spp., Navicula spp., Nitzschia spp., Gyrosigma spp.) in all fish size classes, and all months, and thus there were no significant diet changes in relation to size and month.