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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Galeus melastomus
 
Main Ref. Carrassón, M., C. Stefanescu and J.E. Cartes, 1992
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 50.00 TL
Sample size 19 Percent empty
Country Spain Locality Catalan Sea, Western Mediterranean.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Galeus melastomus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.70 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Ascidians Ascidians.
13.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Symbolophorus veranyi 0.6% Stomias boa boa, 3.1% Symbolophorus veranyi, 0.3% Notolepis rissoi, 0.3% Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus, 8.8% unid. Osteichthyes.
10.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Calocaris macandreae 7.2% Calocaris macandreae, 0.6% Munida tenuimana, 2.4% Monodaeus couchi.
7.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica.
17.00 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults Todarodes sagittatus 5.6% Heteroteuthis dispar, 7.5% Todarodes sagittatus, 3.6% unid. Teuthoidea, 0.4% unid. Cephalopoda.
0.30 % others others n.a./others juv./adults Planktonic Foraminifera Planktonic Foraminifera.
1.50 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Plastic Plastic.
49.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea multidentata 0.5% Sergia robusta, 1% Sergestes arcticus, 0.1% Sergestes sp., 46.3% Pasiphaea multidentata, 0.9% Pasiphaea sivado, 0.1% Alpheus glaber.
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