| Main Ref. | Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991 | ||
| Fish stage | adults | Mean length | 30.60 TL |
| Sample size | 99 | Percent empty | |
| Country | South Africa | Locality | south coast |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Komentar |
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| 30.95 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Paracallionymus costatus | 23.8% Paracallionymus costatus, 3.24% Engraulis capensis, 2.98% unidentified fish, 0.88 Cynoglossus zanzibarensis, 0.04% Gnathophis capensis, 0.01% Gobiidae |
| 61.04 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Lophogaster challengeri | misc. crustaceans: 27.54% Lophogaster challengeri, 10.5% Macrura, 6.46% Mursia cristimanus, 4.14% Hymenosoma orbiculare, 2.6% redeye mysid, 2.2% other Brachyura,1.96% Amphipoda, 1.6% Stomatopoda, 0.19% Anomura, 0.13% Isopoda |
| 1.16 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | n.a./others | ophiuroids | ophiuroids |
| 6.85 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Sepia australis | 5.73% Sepiidae, 0.46% Sepia australis , 0.24% Sepiolidae |