Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidonotothen squamifrons
 
Main Ref. Pakhomov, Y.A., 1993
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 20.00 TL
Sample size 1912 Percent empty
Country Locality Lena Tablemount, Indian Ocean Sector of Antarctica, 1970-1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidonotothen squamifrons
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
59.70 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpidae Salpidae
2.20 % nekton finfish bony fish adults Nototheniidae Nototheniidae & Myctophidae
1.80 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids n.a./others medusae medusae
35.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Ctenophora Ctenophora
0.70 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others euphausiids euphausiids, hyperiideans, etc.
Entered by Sa-a, Pascualita on 09.26.96
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