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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Opisthonema oglinum
 
Main Ref. Randall, J.E., 1967
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 15.20 SL
Sample size 23 Percent empty 26
Country Puerto Rico Locality Also U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 1958 - Jun. 1961.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Opisthonema oglinum
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.00 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Appendicularia appendicularians
10.30 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. fish 9.8% fish incl. 0.5% fish eggs
6.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids 5.5% mysids, 0.5% ostracods
8.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae crab 6.4% crab larvae, 2.5% stomatopod larvae
17.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Lucifer sp. carideans & Lucifer sp.
2.20 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae gastropod 1.6% gastropod larvae, 0.6% pelecypod larvae
1.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others siphonophores 0.7% siphonophores, 0.3% pteropods
26.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Candacia Candacia, Oithona, Temora
22.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods larvae stomatopods stomatopods
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