Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidonotothen squamifrons
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, Y.A., 1993
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 20.00 TL
Sample size 781 Percent empty
Country Locality Ob Tablemount, Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica, 1970-1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
41.73 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
29.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Notothenia Notothenia, Myctophidae
1.43 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults medusae medusae
25.61 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Ctenophora Ctenophora
0.31 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.51 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
0.31 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others plankton misc. plankton
0.61 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes errant polychaetes
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