Fishes diets
The great majority of our shorefishes are carnivorous to one extent or another:
80% of the species have such a diet. The next most abundant group of species consume plankton:
25% of the fauna include plankton in their diets, either exclusively or with a mix of non-planktonic animals.
Bottom feeding omnivores and herbivore/detritivores are relatively uncommon, constituting only about 6% and 4% of the fauna, respectively.
Items included in diets of carnivores range from tiny bottom living invertebrates such as molluscs and worms and crustaceans to sharks, whales and seabirds.