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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Macruronus novaezelandiae
 
Main Ref. Clark, M.R., 1985
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 70.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country New Zealand Locality Campbell Plateau
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Macruronus novaezelandiae
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Moridae Includes Pseudophycis bacchus (Forster), Austrophycis marginata (Gunther).
6.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lepidoryhnchus denticulatus
23.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Myctophidae Includes Lampanyctodes hectoris (Gunther), Gymnoscopelus piabilis (Whitley), Lampanyctus australis Taning, Hintonia candens Fraser-Brunner, Protomyctophum sp., Protomyctophum normani Taning, Electrona paucirastra Bolin, Electrona carlsbergi (Taning), Electrona subaspera (Gunther).
29.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Photichthyidae and Sternoptychidae Includes Photichthys argenteus Hutton, Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin).
9.90 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others unidentified fish remains
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea Includes Euphausia lucens Hansen, Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, Euphausia similis G.O. Sars, Euphausia longirostris Hansen, Stylocheiron maximum Hansen, Nematoscelis megalops G.O. Sars, Thysanoessa gregaria G.O. Sars.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysidacea Includes Boreomysis sp., Gnathophausia ingens (Dohrn).
3.90 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Pisces
2.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Amphipoda Amphipods include Vibilia stebbingi, Vibilia propinqua, Parathemisto gaudichaudii (Guerin), Cyllopus megallanicus, Phronima sedentaria, Cyphocaris anonyx.
8.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Pelagic shrimps include Sergestes arcticus, Notopandalus magnoculus, Pasiphaea sp., P. barnardi, Acanthephyra pelagica, Pontophilus acutirostratus, Oplophorus novaezeelandiae.
4.50 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpidae Includes Iasis zonaria (Pallas), Salpa thompsoni Foxton.
1.50 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopoda Includes Octopus maorum Hutton, Robsonella sp.
7.80 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda Includes Teuthowenia antarctica Chun, Iridioteuthis maori Dell, Brachioteuthis picta Chun, Moroteuthis ingens (Smith), Lycoteuthis diadema (Chun), Chiroteuthis picteti Joubin, Nototodarus sp.
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