Food and Feeding Habits Summary Macruronus novaezelandiae
 
Main Ref. Murdoch, R.C., 1990
Fish stage larvae Mean length 0.35 TL
Sample size 131 Percent empty
Country New Zealand Locality Off Westland, South Island, 1987
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Macruronus novaezelandiae
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
63.20 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Gonyaulax 29.8% Coccolithophorids, 1.5% Gonyaulax, 2.3% Silicoflagellates, 8.4% globular material
0.78 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans recruits/juv. plank. crustaceans
1.12 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
9.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Ciliata Ciliata
25.56 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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