Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pleuragramma antarcticum
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, E.A. and S.A. Pankratov, 1992
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 1.70 SL
Sample size 21 Percent empty 71
Country Antarctica Locality Indian Ocean sector bet. 30 and 80 °E, Jan. 1978, Feb. 1981, and Jan.-Mar. 1986
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pleuragramma antarcticum
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona sp. Oithona sp.
23.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida Calanoida
60.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oncaea sp. Oncaea sp.
9.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae copepod nauplii copepod nauplii
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