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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sternoptyx pseudobscura
 
Main Ref. Hopkins, T.L. and R.C. Baird, 1985
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 1.90 SL
Sample size 150 Percent empty
Country Locality Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sternoptyx pseudobscura
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
8.32 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
23.43 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
18.19 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
18.19 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
5.55 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda and unid. Crustaceans
1.02 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.72 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
24.25 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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