Feeding habits differences on female and male of striped seabream, Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The striped seabream Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the most abundant demersal species on coastal sandy bottoms in the whole Mediterranean. It has a wide geographic distribution and can be found in the Red sea, in eastern Atlantic and in the western Indian ocean (Tortonese, 1970, 1955). The striped seabream is a desired prey for artisanal and sporting fishery (Bauchot, 1987). It is a proterandrous hermaphrodite. Reproduction occurs in summer, from June to the end of August (Tortonese, 1955; Kraljevi? et al., 1995). The purpose of this research is to study the diet composition of L. mormyrus, to point out the main preys of females and males in the four seasons.