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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Zeus capensis
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 35.70 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality South coast
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Zeus capensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
39.65 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sardinops ocellatus 16.14% Sardinops ocellatus, 8.99% Merluccius capensis, 8.32% Etrumeus whiteheadi, , 2.94% Paracallionymus costatus, 0.79% Physiculus capensis, 0.7% Engraulis capensis, 1.77% unid. Fish,
8.02 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
52.21 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo vulgaris reynaudii 46.51% Loligo vulgaris reynaudii, 2.7% Sepiidae, 1.91% Sepia australis, 1.06% Spirula spirula, 0.01% Ommastrephidae, 0.02% unid. Cephalopoda
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