Main Ref. | Morato, T., E. Solà, M.P. Grós and G. Menezes, 2001 | ||
Fish stage | juv./adults | Mean length | 30.50 FL |
Sample size | 1263 | Percent empty | 46.9 |
Country | Azores Is. | Locality | Caught off Azores during spring 1996 and 1997. |
Period |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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67.40 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Macroramphosus scolopax | Ceratoscopelas maderensis 2.1 Ceratoscopelas sp. 2.4 Lobianchia dofleini 0.2 Myctophidae unid. 13.1 Gadella maraldi 0.4 Capros aper 4.8 Macroramphosus scolopax 14.6 Pisces unid. 25.9 |
0.40 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | gastropods | juv./adults | Diacria trispinosa | Diacria trispinosa |
3.30 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Penaeidea | Penaeidea 0.5 Amphipoda 0.1 Crustacea 2.7 |
22.20 % | zooplankton | other plank. Invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | juv./adults | Thaliacea | Thaliacea |
2.40 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | juv./adults | Ophiurida | Ophiurida |
0.80 % | zoobenthos | sponges/tunicates | sponges | juv./adults | sponges | sponges 0.7 Siphonophora 0.1 |
3.50 % | nekton | cephalopods | squids/cuttlefish | juv./adults | Cephalopoda | Cephalopoda |