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. 2022 Jan 7;121(2):551–562. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07377-4

Table 2.

Percentage of frequency of occurrence (F%), numerical percentage of prey items (N%), weight percentage of prey items (W%) all in percent, and index of relative importance (IRI) of the identified food items found in examined fish species

Stomach content
Diet Fish species Bivalvia and gastropoda Cephalopoda Decapoda Isopoda Brachyura Polychaeta Teleostei
1 Trichiurus lepturus F - 15.4 23.1 - 15.4 - 92.3
N - 9.5 14.3 - 9.5 - 66.7
W - 6.0 1.8 - 0.8 - 91.5
IRI - 238.2 370.2 - 158.5 - 14,601.0
2 Johnius coitor F - - 52.6 10.5 - 10.5 84.2
N - - 37.8 5.4 - 5.4 51.4
W - - 16.4 1.0 - 0.4 82.3
IRI - - 2852.2 67.5 - 60.9 11,252.2
Mene maculata F 14.3 - - - - - 100.0
N 10.0 - - - - - 90.0
W 36.9 - - - - - 63.1
IRI 670.7 - - - - - 15,305.4
Upeneus asymmetricus F - 5.6 38.9 5.6 - - 66.7
N - 3.6 28.6 3.6 - - 64.3
W - 23.9 23.5 1.8 - - 50.8
IRI - 152.6 2024.0 30.1 - - 7672.0
Upeneus moluccensis F 18.2 - 54.5 - - - 63.6
N 12.5 - 37.5 - - - 50.0
W 11.3 - 26.4 - - - 62.2
IRI 433.3 - 3487.4 - - - 7142.3
3 Carangoides chrysophrys F - - 50.0 - - - 50.0
N - - 50.0 - - - 50.0
W - - 50.0 - - - 50.0
IRI - - 5000.0 - - - 5000.0
4 Alectis indica F 10.0 10.0 10.0 - - 5.0 15.0
N 10.5 10.5 26.3 - - 5.3 47.4
W 1.1 95.2 3.6 - - 0.1 0.1
IRI 116.2 1057.7 299.1 - - 26.4 711.2

Fish species are listed according to their diet: (1) mainly fish feeder, as top predator, (2) mainly fish feeder, as smaller sized or schooling fish, (3) mainly fish and decapod feeder, and (4) mainly cephalopod feeder