Food and Feeding Habits Summary Dissostichus mawsoni
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, Y.A. and V.B. Tseytlin, 1992
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 130.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Antarctica Locality Kosmonavtov Sea, March 1988
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Dissostichus mawsoni
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
12.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Myctophidae Myctophidae
82.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Nototheniidae Nototheniidae
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
2.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia superba
0.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
2.10 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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