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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelidonichthys capensis
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage adults Mean length 44.70 TL
Sample size 90 Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality South coast
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chelidonichthys capensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
47.61 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cynoglossus zanzibarensis 34.77% Cynoglossus zanzibarensis%, 7.02% Rajidae, 1.83% Paracallionymus costatus%, 1.19% Syngnathus acus, 0.55% Etrumeus whiteheadi, 0.26% Engraulis capensis, 0.14% Chelidonichthys queketti, 0.09% Caffrogobius agulhensis, 1.66% unid. fish
46.24 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Scyllarides elizabethae 43.29% Brachyura, 2.41% Macrura, 0.25% Anomura, 0.14 unid. crustaceans, 0.11% Scyllarides elizabethae,
5.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others mysids 2.85% mysids, 2.22% stomatopods, 0.02% isopods, 0.01% unid. mysids
1.01 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks n.a./others Loligo 0.64% Sepiidae, 0.25% Sepiolidae, 0.07% Loligo, 0.03% gastropods, 0.02% bivalves
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