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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidopus caudatus
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 109.30 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality South 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
74.36 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis capensis 39.17% Engraulis capensis, 23.39% Merluccius capensis, 8.51% Etrumeus whiteheadi, 2.26% unid. Fish, 0.84% unid. Hake, 0.13% Paracallionymus costatus, 0.06% Chmapsodon capensis
0.89 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Nyctiphanes capensis 8.26% Nyctiphanes capensis , 9.06% Euphausia lucens , 3.61 unid. Euphausiids
0.39 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Lophogafter challengeri 0.38% Lophogafter challengeri, 0.01% unid. Mysids
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae plank. crustaceans
0.69 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Caridea 0.35% Caridea, 0.31% unid. Penaeids, 0.03% unid. Macrura
23.46 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo vulgaris reynaudi 21.77% Loligo vulgaris reynaudi, 1.01% Sepia australis, 0.18% Sepiolidae, 0.41% Sepiidae, 0.05% unid. Cephalopods, 0.04% Ommastrephidae
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