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Table 5. Percentage of contributions by volume of crustaceans and fishes to the 
diet of snowy grouper and other western Atlantic serranids. 
Species 
Source 
Area All Crabs 
Crustaceans 
Fish 
Epinephelus afer 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
90.5 
77.0 
7.0 
Mutton hamlet 
E. fulvus 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
54.0 
17.2 
46.0 
Coney 
E. adscensionis 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
75.1 
66.7 
20.1 
Rock hind 
E. guttatus 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
69.9 
39.5 
21.1 
Red Hind 
E. morio 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
81.1 
12.2 
13.3 
Red grouper 
E niveatus 
Snowy grouper 
This study 
North 
Carolina 
72.8 
72.4 
17.1 
See Parrish (1987) 
North 
Carolina 
and South 
Carolina 
72.0 
72.0 
28.0 
E. striatus 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
38.3 
22.5 
54.0 
Nassau grouper 
E. cruentatus 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
30.0 
3.8 
66.0 
Graysby 
Hyopolectrus aberrans 1 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
88.1 
18.7 
11.9 
Yellow-bellied hamlet 
H. chlorurus 1 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
75.0 
17.1 
25.0 
Yellowtail hamlet 
H. nigricans 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
55.8 
17.6 
44.2 
H. puella 1 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
86.3 
21.2 
10.0 
Barrel hamlet 
Mycteroperca bonaci 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
0.0 
0.0 
100.0 
Black grouper 
M. inter stitialis 
Randall (1967) 
Caribbean 
0.0 
0.0 
100.0 
Yellowmouth grouper 
M. microlepis 
Naughton and 
Saloman (1985) 
North 
Carolina 
0.0 
0.0 
96.4 
Naughton and 
Saloman (1985) 
South Florida 
0.2 
0.0 
99.8 
Naughton and 
Saloman (1985) 
West Central 
Florida 
1.2 
0.0 
98.6 
