sentences:  Trumpeter whiting are benthic carnivores during their adult life, and like other sillaginids undergo a change in diet as they grow older.Juveniles are often considered to not be benthic, as they feed on a variety of planktonic prey, with mysids, amphipods and rarely polychaetes the main prey.They also prey on a variety of meiobenthos, with copepods the predominant form taken.