Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trematomus eulepidotus
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, E.A., 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 21.00 SL
Sample size 806 Percent empty 5
Country Antarctica Locality Commonwealth Sea, 1989
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
9.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
2.20 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
6.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pleuragramma antarcticum Pleuragramma antarcticum, 2.6%; Myctophidae (mainly Electrona antarctica), 3%; other bony fish, 1.3%
68.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia superba, 35%; Euphausia crystallorophias, 33%
1.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults zooplanktons unidentified zooplanktons
10.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
2.60 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Teuthida Teuthida
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