Food and Feeding Habits Summary Synaphobranchus kaupii
 
Main Ref. Gordon, J.D.M. and J. Mauchline, 1996
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 50.50 SL
Sample size 367 Percent empty 61
Country Locality Rockall Trough, North Atlantic
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Synaphobranchus kaupii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.24 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Lanceola sp. 2.4% amphipods, 1% Lanceola sp.
39.28 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Micromesistius poutassou 19.1% fish fragments, 1.9% fish scales, 6.2% fish lens, 0.5% otolith, 1.4% Micromesistus poutassou, 2.4% Black skin
7.11 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Gnathophausia zoea 4.3% Gnathophausia zoea, Eucopia grimaldii
26.18 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Sergestes arcticus 3.3% decapod fragments, 1.9% Acanthephyra pelagica, 1% Pasiphaea tarda, 1.4% Pasiphaea spp., 9.1% Sergestes arcticus, 0.5% Neolithodes grimaldii, 1.4% Brachyura, 2.4% crustacean fragments
23.19 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults cephalopod 7.6% cephalopod tissues, 8.1% lens, 1.9% cephalopod beak
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 01.11.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 07/05/08 ,  last modified by dsantos, 09/02/14