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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pterogymnus laniarius
 
Main Ref. Booth, A.J. and C.D. Buxton, 1997
Fish stage adults Mean length 30.20 FL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality Agulhas Bank Feb. 1994-July 1995
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pterogymnus laniarius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
17.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Champsodon capensis Champsodon capensis, Cynoglossus zanzibarensis, Diplogaster megalops, Engraulis capensis, Sardinops sagax, Paracallionymus costatus, Lepidopus caudatus
73.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura 55.8% Brachyura, 5.3% Anomura, 9.9% Stomatopoda, 2.3% Amphipoda
0.10 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Bryozoa Bryozoa
1.20 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nemertea Nemertea
5.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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