Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cubiceps capensis
 
Main Ref. Gorelova, T.A., T.B. Agafonova and N.J. Lipskaya, 1994
Fish stage adults Mean length 50.00 SL
Sample size 16 Percent empty
Country Locality Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean between 1979 and 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cubiceps capensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
8.00 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Coelenterates unid. Coelenterates
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
5.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pyrosoma Pyrosoma
80.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
1.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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