Food and Feeding Habits Summary Helicolenus percoides
 
Main Ref. Horn, P.L., J.S. Forman and M.R. Dunn, 2012
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 30.30 TL
Sample size 494 Percent empty 3
Country New Zealand Locality Chatham Rise, east of South Island
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Helicolenus percoides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
16.27 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Osteichthyes %W=16.3
4.59 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Unspecified discarded offal %W=4.6. e.g. severed fish heads
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Neolithodes sp.
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Teratomaia richardsoni
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Trichopeltarion fantasticum %W=0.3
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Neommatocarcinus huttoni %W=1
27.25 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Pycnoplax victoriensis %W=27.3
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Unspecified Euphausiacea
0.10 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs Unspecified Chondrichthyes egg case
1.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Unspecified Isopoda %W=1.6
0.50 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Unspecified Hydrozoa %W=0.5
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Polycheles suhmi %W=0.8
19.26 % zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters juv./adults Metanephrops challengeri %W=19.3
3.99 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Unspecified Galatheidae %W=4
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Unspecified shelled molluscs
11.38 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Unspecified pelagic Tunicata %W=11.4
2.10 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Unspecified Polychaeta %W=2.1
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Notopandalus magnoculus
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea sp. %W=0.3
0.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Camplyonotus rathbonae %W=0.7. Name used was not found in WORMS.
8.98 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Unspecified Cephalopoda %W=9
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods juv./adults Unspecified Stomatopoda
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