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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merluccius capensis
 
Main Ref. Pillar, S.C. and I.S. Wilkinson, 1995
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 45.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality South Coast
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Merluccius capensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctodes hectoris Lampanyctodes hectoris
6.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
7.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Austroglossus Austroglossus, Champsodon, Chelidonichthys, Cynoglossus, Gonorhynchus, Genypterus, Gnathophis, Helicolenus, Lepidopus, Paracallionymus, Pterogymnus, Sufflogobius, Zeus
10.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merlucciidae Merlucciidae
11.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Etrumeus whiteheadi Etrumeus whiteheadi
24.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trachurus trachurus capensis Trachurus trachurus capensis
32.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis capensis Engraulis capensis
5.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Mysidacea, Euphausiacea
2.80 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo Loligo, Lolliguncula, Lycotheuthis, Sepia
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