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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 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Continental slope, states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
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
0.60 % others finfish bony fish n.a./others Maurolicus stehmanni
1.60 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Monolene sp.
2.40 % others finfish bony fish n.a./others Myctophidae
3.30 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Monolene antillarum
8.90 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others Bregmaceros atlanticus
20.20 % others finfish bony fish n.a./others Teleostei
43.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids n.a./others Euphausiacea
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods n.a./others Flabellifera
0.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters n.a./others Galatheoidea
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters n.a./others Galatheidae
0.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Copepoda
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Caridea
1.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Decapoda
1.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Malacostraca
6.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Crustacea
2.30 % others cephalopods n.a./other cephalopods n.a./others Teuthida
0.80 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Cephalopoda
1.00 % zoobenthos cephalopods octopi n.a./others Octopoda
3.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns n.a./others Penaeidea
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