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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Zeus capensis
 
Main Ref. Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 16.30 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
8.84 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Paracallionymus costatus 5.09% Paracallionymus costatus , 3.18% Merluccius capensis , 0.17% Gnathophis capensis , 0.4% unid. Fish
26.64 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Nyctiphanes capensis 16.06% Nyctiphanes capensis, 0.08% Euphausia lucens, 10.5% unid. Euphausiids
6.58 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
3.99 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
53.94 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo vulgaris reynaudii 48.15% Loligo vulgaris reynaudii, 2.54% Sepia australis, 1.13% Sepiidae, 0.19% Sepiolidae, 0.07% Ommastrephidae, 1.55% unid. Cephalopoda
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