Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gymnodraco acuticeps
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, Y.A. and V.B. Tseytlin, 1992
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 28.00 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Antarctica Locality Kosmonavtov Sea, March 1988
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gymnodraco acuticeps
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
44.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Nototheniidae Nototheniidae
52.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Myctophidae Myctophidae
2.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia superba
0.60 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Worms Worms, fish, shrimps, amphipods, mollusks, other crustaceans
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