Sharaf, M., Laban, H., Ahmed, A. (2007). FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT. test, 11(1), 171-190. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925
Mariam Sharaf; Hebatullah Laban; Ashraf Ahmed. "FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT". test, 11, 1, 2007, 171-190. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925
Sharaf, M., Laban, H., Ahmed, A. (2007). 'FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT', test, 11(1), pp. 171-190. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925
Sharaf, M., Laban, H., Ahmed, A. FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT. test, 2007; 11(1): 171-190. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925

FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries
Article 8, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 171-190    PDF (2.53 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925
Authors
Mariam Sharaf1; Hebatullah Laban1; Ashraf Ahmed2
1Departments of Zoology
2Marine Science , Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Abstract
The food and feeding habits of the Egyptian Sole, Solea aegyptiaca (Chabanauad, 1972) were studied in Port Said area, Mediterranean Sea during the period from October 2004 to September 2005. The annual composition of the diet, the intensity of feeding, seasonal variation of diet composition and variation of diet with length, showed a low-intensity of feeding activity of S. aegyptiaca, and indicated that they feed on a wide variety of prey types (polychaetes, mollusks, amphipods, sediments and small quantities of crustacean fragments, Ascidia, fish parts, sea grasses, brittlestars, unknown medusae and algae), with a limited variation in diet among seasons. The prey types and size differed from juvenile to adults, juvenile ingested only 5 small prey items; while adult had eaten about 11 of large sized prey items. The diet composition of Egyptian sole is indicative of a generalist feeding strategy.
Keywords
Solea aegyptiaca; stomach cpnt&nts; feeding; Port Said -Mediterranean-Sea
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