Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trematomus eulepidotus
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, E.A., 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.50 SL
Sample size 199 Percent empty 2
Country Antarctica Locality Kosmonautov Sea, 1986
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
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.50 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
5.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Electrona antarctica Myctophidae (mainly Electrona antarctica), 2.7%; unidentified bony fish, 2.4%
84.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia superba, 81.5%; Euphausia crystallorophias, 0.9%; other euphausiids, 1.8%
9.40 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
0.30 % others others n.a./others juv./adults Chaetognatha includes members of Chaetognatha, Polychaeta, Coelentarata, Ctenophora, Nemertini, and Hirudinea
0.10 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Teuthida Teuthida
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