Table 1.
Number of juvenile and adult Lutjanus erythropterus (LE) and L. malabaricus (LM) for each category of sampling variables. Fullness of stomach was recorded as “full” when a prey item was observed in a stomach.
| Variables | Levels | Juvenile | Adult | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE | LM | LE | LM | ||
| Fullness of stomach | Empty | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| Full | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| TL (mm) | 50–100 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 100–150 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 150–200 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 200–250 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 450–500 | 3 | ||||
| 500–550 | 8 | ||||
| 550–600 | 1 | ||||
| 650–700 | 6 | ||||
| 700–750 | 1 | ||||
| 750–800 | 4 | ||||
| Date | 14-Jul-17 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 13-Aug-17 | 1 | ||||
| 18-Aug-17 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |
| Time | 00:01–03:00 | 1 | |||
| 06:01–09:00 | 1 | ||||
| 09:01–12:00 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 15:01–18:00 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 18:01–21:00 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 21:01–24:00 | 3 | ||||
| 03:30–22:40 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Depth (m) | 8.1 to 9 | 1 | |||
| 9.1 to 10 | 1 | ||||
| 10.1 to 11 | 2 | ||||
| 11.1 to 12 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 12.1 to 13 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 23.1 to 24 | 1 | ||||
| 52–58 | 11 | 12 | |||
Sampling details such as time and depth were not available for each adult specimen as trawl shot numbers were not recorded for individual fish.