Diets of common suprabenthic reef fish in False Bay, South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-227

  Lechanteur, Y A R G ^a   Griffiths, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dietary overlap; Feeding groups; Stomach content

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; GUILD STRUCTURE; REEF;

AFRICA; FALSE BAY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

BOOPSOIDEA INORNATA; CHEILODACTYLUS; CHEILODACTYLUS FASCIATUS; CHIRODACTYLUS; CHIRODACTYLUS BRACHYDACTYLUS; CHRYSOBLEPHUS; DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS CERVINUS HOTTENTOTUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS CAPENSIS; GYMNOCROTAPHUS CURVIDENS; HAPLOBLEPHARUS EDWARDSII; HAPLOBLEPHARUS PICTUS; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYMETOPON; PACHYMETOPON AENEUM; PORODERMA AFRICANUM; PORODERMA PANTHERINUM; SALPA; SARGUS; SARPA SALPA; SPONDYLIOSOMA;

EID: 0346396008     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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