Food and Feeding Habits Summary Bythaelurus canescens
 
Main Ref. Lopez, S., G. Zapata-Hernández, C. Bustamante, J. Sellanes and R. Meléndez, 2013
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 50 Percent empty
Country Chile Locality off Central Chile, spring and summer 2010
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Bythaelurus canescens
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified fish remains Prey item belongs to the Order Gladiformes.
0.75 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified bony fish Prey item belongs to the Family Macrouridae.
14.98 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Coelorinchus fasciatus
0.49 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults unspecified siphonophore
0.83 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Rosacea plicata
0.93 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Rosacea sp.
1.11 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Agalma elegans
1.11 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Lensia conoidea
2.87 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Lensia sp.
3.52 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Lensia hardy
4.42 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Lensia hotspur
4.78 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Sulculeolaria chuni
5.42 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Chelophyes appendiculata
6.63 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Diphyes dispar
12.24 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Muggiaea atlantica
12.58 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults unspecified siphonophore remains
15.59 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis
1.75 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Morotheuthis sp.
1.89 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecifed squids
8.01 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo gahi Prey item belongs to the Family Ommastrephidae.
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