@article{MAKHILLJFI20127121672,
    title = {Dietary Items and Feeding Habits of Big Eye Grunt <I>Brachydeuterus auritus</I> (Valenciennes, 1832)},
    journal = {Journal of Fisheries International},
    volume = {7},
    number = {1},
    pages = {1-5},
    year = {2012},
    issn = {1817-3381},
    doi = {jfish.2012.1.5},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1817-3381&doi=jfish.2012.1.5},
    author = {Fatimat Adenike},
    keywords = {Big eye grunt,Brachydeuterus auritus,dietary items,feeding habits,Lagos coast,stomach content},
    abstract = {Dietary items and feeding habits of big eye <I>Brachydeuterus auritus</I> off the Lagos coast, Nigeria were investigated. Analysis of stomach content was done by numerical, occurrence and volumetric methods. The dietary items of <I>B. auritus</I> were crustaceans, fishes, annelids, nematodes, blue-green algae and diatoms. Crustaceans and fishes formed the major dietary item of <I>B. auritus</I> and accounted for 29.5 and 6.1% by number, 52.0 and 23.4% by occurrence and 62.4 and 15.0% by volume. <I>B. auritus</I> is a non-piscivorous predatory fish, other macroscopic animals formed part of the major diet. Crustaceans was the most prominent dietary item followed by algae and then fish in the dry season (January-April) and wet season (May-September). This study will increase the knowledge of fisheries biology of <I> B. auritus</I> by contributing to the trophic structure of <I>B. auritus</I> in the Lagos coast and is relevant for fishery management and aquaculture of <I>B. auritus</I>.}
    }