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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pentaceros wheeleri
 
Main Ref. Seki, M.P. and D.A. Somerton, 1994
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 60 Percent empty
Country Hawaii Locality SE Hancock Seamount near the NW end of the Hawaiian Ridge, Winter 1988.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pentaceros wheeleri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.52 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Zeiformes 0.4% Zeiformes, 0.1% unid. fishes
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.52 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults ostracods 0.1% ostracods, 0.1% copepods, 0.1% mysids, 0.2% gammarid amphipods
2.78 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Oplophorus spinosus 0.1% Penaeidae, 0.1%Sergestidae, 0.8% Oplophoridae, 1.7% Oplophorus spinosus
1.24 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
1.55 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
5.57 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Coelentarata 2.5% Coelentarata, 1.9% Hydrozoa, 0.3% Siphonophora, 0.7% Ctenophora
87.73 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pyrosomatidae 64.8% Pyrosomatidae, 20.3% Salpidae
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