| Main Ref. | Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991 | ||
| Fish stage | adults | Mean length | 30.40 TL |
| Sample size | 96 | Percent empty | |
| Country | South Africa | Locality | west coast |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 6.70 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Paracallionymus costatus | 5.36% Paracallionymus costatus , 0.99% Lampanyctodes hectoris , 0.35% Lophius vomerinus |
| 83.45 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Lophogaster challengeri | misc. crustaceans: 71.32% Lophogaster challengeri, 3.54% Macrura, Palinura, & Brachyura, 3.36% Amphipoda, 3.02% redeye mysid, 1.76% unidentified mysids, 0.29% euphausiids and stomatopods |
| 0.10 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | n.a./others | ophiuroids | ophiuroids |
| 9.74 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Sepiolidae | 9.08% Sepiolidae, 0.59% Loliginidae, 0.03% Gastropoda, 0.02% Cephalopoda, 0.02% Sepiidae |