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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Squalus mitsukurii
 
Main Ref. Wilson, C.D. and M.P. Seki, 1994
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 50.40 TL
Sample size 251 Percent empty 60
Country Locality Southeast Hancock Seamount, Jan. 1985 to Nov. 1988
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Squalus mitsukurii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.70 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
75.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sternoptychidae Sternoptychidae, Melanostomiidae, Paralepididae, Myctophidae, Berycidae, Apogonidae, Callanthiidae, Echeneidae, Emmelichthyidae, Bothidae, Monacanthidae
3.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Mysidae Mysidae, Amphipoda, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Oplophoridae
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Coelenterata Coelenterata
20.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepiolidae Sepiolidae, Histioteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Ommastrephidae
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