Food and Feeding Habits Summary Macruronus novaezelandiae
 
Main Ref. Bulman, C.M. and S.J.M. Blaber, 1986
Fish stage adults Mean length 75.00 TL
Sample size 52 Percent empty 37
Country Australia Locality Bass Strait, 1984
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Macruronus novaezelandiae
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
16.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctodes hectoris Lampanyctodes hectoris
17.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
61.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Apogonops anomalus Apogonops anomalus
3.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
1.60 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
Entered by Sa-a, Pascualita on 01.18.98
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