Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gymnoscopelus nicholsi
 
Main Ref. Pusch, C., P.A. Hulley and K.-H. Kock, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 14.80 SL
Sample size 186 Percent empty 27.4
Land South Shetland Fundort King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1996
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gymnoscopelus nicholsi
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Kommentare
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods adults amphipods
3.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Metridia gerlachei Calanus propinquus 0.3 Gaidius spp. 0.1 Metridia gerlachei 1.1 Pareuchaeta spp. 1.5 Rhincalanus gigas 0.5
13.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Protomyctophum bolini Neopageotopsis ionah 6.4 Protomyctophum bolini 7.2
78.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba Euphausia cristallorophias 0.1 E. frigida 1.2 E. superba 58.3 E. triacantha 2.6 Euphausia sp. 6.1 Thysanoessa macrura 9.6
3.80 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
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