Food and Feeding Habits Summary Helicolenus dactylopterus
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 31.90
Sample size 69 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality South coast
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Helicolenus dactylopterus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
47.15 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
48.60 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Amphipoda amphipods, isopods, mysids, euphausiids, macrurans, palinurans, anomurans, brachyurans
0.47 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms n.a./others echinoderms
1.96 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Bivalvia incl. Bivalvia
1.82 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Pennatulacea Pennatulacea
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