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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pinguipes chilensis
 
Main Ref. Medina, M., M. Araya and C. Vega, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 35.30 TL
Sample size 71 Percent empty 15
Country Chile Locality coastal zone of northern Chile, May 1998- May 1999.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pinguipes chilensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.00 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Gari solida Protothaca thaca 3.8 Brachidontes granulata 0.1 Semele solida 3.4 Gari solida 5.1 Tegula atra 0.1 Diplodonta insconspicua 0.1 Polinices uber 0.3 Nassarius gayi 0.1
23.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Cancer setosus Cancer setosus 21.5 Pagurus villosus 0.5 Allopetrolisthes angulosus 0.1 Paraxanthus barbiger 0.5 Synalpheus spinifrons 0.3 Petrolisthes desmarestii 0.2
2.00 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Chiton cumingsi Chiton cumingsi 1.9 Tonicia elegans 0.1
1.80 % zoobenthos other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Branchiostoma elongatum Branchiostoma elongatum 1.8
24.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiurida Echiurida
10.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Phragmatopoma moerchi Phragmatopoma moerchi 0.9 Pherusa sp. 0.5 unid. Polychaete 9.0
25.60 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiactis kroyeri Ophiactis kroyeri 18.4 Tetrapygus niger 4.8 Ophiuridae 2.3
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