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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hexanchus griseus
 
Main Ref. Ebert, D.A., 1994
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 160.00 TL
Sample size 68 Percent empty 19
Country Locality Walvis Bay, Namibia to Natal, South Africa
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hexanchus griseus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
29.44 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merluccius spp. 17% Merluccius spp., 1.7% Engraulis capensis, 1.2% Caelorinchus, 1.1% Scomber japonicus, 1.1% Thyrsites atun
4.84 % others mammals dolphins juv./adults Delphinidae Delphinidae
0.11 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
44.27 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Raja clavata 17.9% Raja cf. Clavata, 12.8% Squalus megalops, 3.6% Squalus acanthias, 3.2% Mustelus mustelus, 1.8% Callorhinchus capensis, 2.8% unid. Fish
10.20 % others mammals pinnipeds juv./adults Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
10.94 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Todarodes angolensis Todarodes angolensis
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