Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pleuragramma antarcticum
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, E.A. and S.A. Pankratov, 1992
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 5.70 SL
Sample size 6 Percent empty 0
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
0.80 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Oikopleura Oikopleura
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona similis Oithona similis
0.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida Calanoida
1.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Ctenocalanus sp. Ctenocalanus sp.
97.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoides acutus Calanoides acutus
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