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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidopus caudatus
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 46.80 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality West coast, 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidopus caudatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
58.65 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Maurolicus muelleri 47.18% Maurolicus muelleri, 10.76% unid. Fish, 0.37% Merluccius capensis, 0.14% unid. Myctophids, 0.14% Lampanyctodes hectoris, 0.06% Paracallionymus costatus
20.93 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia lucens 9.06% Euphausia lucens, 8.26% Nyctiphanes capensis, 3.61% unid. Euphausiids
17.83 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Mysids 14.22% unid. Mysids, 3.61% redeye mysids
1.14 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea 1.13% unid. Crustacea, 0.06% Hyperiidea
1.14 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea sivado 0.59% unid. Macrura, 0.55% Pasiphaea sivado
0.26 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepiolidae 0.18% Sepiolidae, 0.08% unid. Cephalopoda
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