Main Ref. | Haight, W.R., J.D. Parrish and T.A. Hayes, 1993 | ||
Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 25.00 SL |
Sample size | 60 | Percent empty | |
Country | Hawaii | Locality | Penguin Bank, Molokai Is., from October 1987 to December 1989 |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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21.20 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Pervagor sp. | 3% Pervagor sp., 18.2% unid. fish |
1.90 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | crabs | 1.6% crabs, 0.3% shrimps |
1.60 % | zooplankton | fish (early stages) | fish eggs/larvae | larvae | fish larvae | |
2.80 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other mollusks | adults | Munida | 1.6% Munida, 0.3% shrimp |
55.40 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | larvae | shrimps | 18.2% small crustaceans incl. shrimp & crab larvae, 8.3% shrimps, 8% unid. zoea, 7.1 stomatopod larvae,1.6% crabs, 1% euphausiids, 0.8% Copepoda, 0.4% ostracods, 0.3% amphipods, 0.3% shrimps, 0.1% mysids, 0.1% isopods, & other unidentified crustaceans |
1.60 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | n.a./others | Hyperiidea | Hyperiidea, Gammaridea, Caprellidea, Alphaeidae larvae, Palinuridae larvae, etc. |
15.50 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Onychoteuthis sp. | 0.3% Onychoteuthis sp., 15.2% unid. Cephalopods |