Food and Feeding Habits Summary Etmopterus spinax
 
Main Ref. Macpherson, E., 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length TL
Sample size 353 Percent empty
Country Spain Locality Balearic Sea, 1976-78
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Etmopterus spinax
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
62.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis encrasicolus Gadiculus argenteus argenteus 6.1 Notoscopelus elongatus 7.1 Engraulis encrassicholus 20.0 Arctozenus risso 15.9
24.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea sivado Meganyctiphanes norvegica 5.4 Pasiphaea sivado 9.1 P. multidentata 4.9
13.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepietta oweniana Sepietta oweniana 11.1
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