| Summary: | Studies on feeding habit and diet preference by Miyakea nepa was conducted
from March to July 2012. The study was done to examine feeding habit and types
of food items and diet preference by M. nepa. The diets composition of M. nepa
were examined based on 115 specimens taken from local fishermen in Pantai
Remis, Perak. The diet composition were grouped into eight major categories
consisted parts of shrimp, polychaete fragments, squid tissues, fish tissues,
gastropods, shell fragments, eggs, and unidentified food items. In term of
percentage, the most predominant prey items in the stomach of M. nepa were
parts of shrimp (36.94%), followed by polychaete fragments (29.41%), fish
tissues (14.1%), shell fragments (6.64%), squid tissues (5.28%), eggs (4.12%),
unidentified food items (2.4%) and gastropods (1.58%). Shrimp is the most
dominant food items ingested by M. nepa followed by polychaete worms and
these both food items could be regarded as important diets for M. nepa. On the
basis of food composition found in the stomach, it can be referred that M. nepa is
carnivorous in feeding habit and feed on shrimp, polychaete, fish and squid.
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