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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sternoptyx diaphana
 
Main Ref. Hopkins, T.L. and R.C. Baird, 1973
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 3.00 NG
Sample size 7 Percent empty
Country Locality Eastern Caribbean, 1 August 1966
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sternoptyx diaphana
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
12.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
7.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
58.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea Euphausiaceae
6.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
12.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
1.80 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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