Food and Feeding Habits Summary Macruronus novaezelandiae
 
Main Ref. Murdoch, R.C., 1990
Fish stage larvae Mean length 0.40 TL
Sample size 53 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
3.80 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Coccolithophorids Coccolithophorids
1.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates recruits/juv. Ciliata Ciliata
94.86 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanoida mostly Calanoida
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