This study presents data on the natural diet of C. fulva in the Abrolhos Bank. Specimens were obtained in commercial fisheries landings between May 2005 and January 2007. A total of 372 stomachs were examined. Main categories of food items were Teleostei and Crustacea. Analysis of Similarity (ANOSIM) showed no significant dietary differences related to fish size (Global R = -0.019, p = 0.85) and season (Global R = 0.006, p = 0.42). In the study region, C. fulva may be regarded as a small predator of fishes and crustaceans being a mesopredator i.e. predator in the mid-trophic levels.