Feeding habits of the Thin-lipped Grey Mullet, Liza ramada, in Gokova Bay in the southern Aegean Sea

Abstract

We analysed the stomach contents of 240 Thin-lipped Grey Mullets, Liza ramada, in Gokova Bay in the southern Aegean Sea, to study their feeding habits. The diet comprised species belonging to 32 genera, with 25 of them belonging to plants and 7 to animals. The diet consisted of 97.41% of Bacillariophyta, 0.24% of Chlorophyta, 0.16% of Cyanophyta and 2.17% animal organisms.