Table 1. Diet compositions (%IRI) of P. tetradactylum collected from four study sites along the coasts of Thailand (n = 541).
| Food type | Diet compositions (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % N | %FO | %V | %IRI | |
| Shrimp and Acetes | 59.10 | |||
| Acetes spp./shrimp post larvae | 13.51 | 13.55 | 7.85 | 8.89 |
| Penaeid shrimp | 21.59 | 22.91 | 31.86 | 50.20 |
| Fishes | 33.28 | |||
| Ambassis sp. | 2.52 | 2.31 | 2.63 | 0.49 |
| Atherinomorus lacunosus | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.73 | 0.03 |
| Dussumieria elopsoides | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.01 |
| Eleutheronema tetradactylum | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.02 |
| Encrasicholina devisi | 2.62 | 2.59 | 2.92 | 0.59 |
| Hilsa kelee | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| Leiognathus equulus | 9.72 | 3.89 | 4.14 | 2.21 |
| Planiliza subviridis | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.37 | 0.01 |
| Stolephorus commersonnii | 2.15 | 2.74 | 2.95 | 0.57 |
| Thryssa setirostris | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.01 |
| Trichiurus lepturus | 0.75 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.04 |
| Fish bone | 14.86 | 14.55 | 11.73 | 15.87 |
| Fish flesh | 10.93 | 13.40 | 13.55 | 13.45 |
| Mantis shrimp | 0.01 | |||
| Odontodactylus scyllarus | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.01 |
| Mollusca | 2.78 | |||
| Corbula fortisulcata | 0.84 | 1.30 | 0.72 | 0.08 |
| Uroteuthis spp. | 4.49 | 5.76 | 6.95 | 2.70 |
| Polychaete | 0.18 | |||
| Perinereis nuntia | 1.40 | 1.44 | 1.71 | 0.18 |
| UDF | 5.70 | 7.20 | 7.30 | 3.84 |
| Zooplankton | 2.43 | 2.45 | 1.83 | 0.43 |
| Plastic debris | 2.43 | 3.03 | 0.64 | 0.38 |
Notes.
Bold value indicates the sum of each diet group.