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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 33.40 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country South Africa Locality West 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
97.91 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctodes hectoris 79.63% Lampanyctodes hectoris, 5.35% Maurolicus muelleri, 4.59% Engraulis capensis, 2.14Metelectrona ventralis?, 1.38% Merluccius paradoxus, 1.08% Merluccius capensis, 1.08% Paracallionymus costatus, 0.38% unid. Myctophids, 0.09% Bregmaceros sp., 0.04% unid. Hake, 2.08% unid. Fish
1.63 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
0.37 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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