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Ahmed, A., El-Etreby, S., Alwany, M., Ali, R. (2014). Food and Feeding Habits of Sarpa salpa Salema (family: Sparidae) in the Libyan Coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 18(4), 109-113. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2014.2233
Ashraf Ahmed; Salah El-Etreby; Magdy Alwany; Randa Ali. "Food and Feeding Habits of Sarpa salpa Salema (family: Sparidae) in the Libyan Coast of the Mediterranean Sea". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 18, 4, 2014, 109-113. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2014.2233
Ahmed, A., El-Etreby, S., Alwany, M., Ali, R. (2014). 'Food and Feeding Habits of Sarpa salpa Salema (family: Sparidae) in the Libyan Coast of the Mediterranean Sea', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 18(4), pp. 109-113. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2014.2233
Ahmed, A., El-Etreby, S., Alwany, M., Ali, R. Food and Feeding Habits of Sarpa salpa Salema (family: Sparidae) in the Libyan Coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2014; 18(4): 109-113. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2014.2233

Food and Feeding Habits of Sarpa salpa Salema (family: Sparidae) in the Libyan Coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Article 10, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 2014, Page 109-113  XML PDF (2.88 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2014.2233
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Authors
Ashraf Ahmed1; Salah El-Etreby1; Magdy Alwany1; Randa Ali2
1Marine Science Department, University of Suez-Canal Ismailia, Egypt
2Omar El-moktar University, Libya
Abstract
A total of 378 fish of Sarpa salpa were collected from eastern coast Libya 16 month period for biological study of food and feeding habits numerical method and the percentage of fish that contain low empty stomach. It was found that sea grasses is the main food of these fish that depend on it by 79.10% and following by algae with 15.10% and 4.33% crustaceans and there is no clear relationship between the lengths of these fish and the size of the food they eat.
Keywords
food and feeding habits; Sarpa salpa; Libyan coast; Mediterranean Sea
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Fisheries
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