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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Polymixia lowei
 
Main Ref. Muto, E.Y., M.H.C. da Silva, G.R. Vera, S.S.M. Leite, D.G. Navarro and C.L.D.B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2005
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 14.10 NG
Sample size 71 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Santa Catarina/Parana, Slope, Winter/Spring 2001-2002.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Polymixia lowei
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
32.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Maurolicus stehmanni Teleostei 21.8 Maurolicus sthemanni 4.3 Bregmaceros atlanticus 5.5 Anoplogaster cornuta 0.5
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda Isopoda unid. 0.6 Flabellifera 0.2
27.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Munida sanctipauli Decapoda unid. 15.6 Munida sanctipauli 0.2 Palinuroidea 1.7
13.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeidae Penaeidae
26.70 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex argentinus Cephalopoda unid. 21.5 Teuthida 0.1 Illex argentinus 5.1
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