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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Malacocephalus laevis
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 6.60 TL
Sample size 54 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality west coast
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Malacocephalus laevis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.18 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs fish fish roe
25.86 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
1.91 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Sepia australis 1.99% Sepia australis , 0.81% Sepiidae, 0.74% Lycoteuthis , 0.1% Enoploteuthidae, 0.1 unid. cephalopods, 0.1% Todaropsis eblanae
72.03 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Stomatopoda 11.56% Stomatopoda incl. 9.99% Ostracoda, various amphipods, mysids, euphausiids, macrurans and anomurans
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