Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trematomus eulepidotus
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, E.A., 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.50 SL
Sample size 70 Percent empty
Country Antarctica Locality Mawson Sea, 1983
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Trematomus eulepidotus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
33.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.40 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
20.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pleuragramma antarcticum Pleuragramma antarcticum, 19.5%; Myctophidae (mainly Electrona antarctica), 1.3%
32.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia superba
4.20 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults zoobenthos unidentified zoobenthos
5.50 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
0.80 % others others n.a./others juv./adults Chaetognatha includes members of Chaetognatha, Polychaeta, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Nemertini, and Hirudinea
2.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Teuthida Teuthida
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