Food and Feeding Habits Summary Notorynchus cepedianus
 
Main Ref. Ebert, D.A., 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 130.00 TL
Sample size 94 Percent empty 32
Country Locality Southern Namibia, between October 1986 and December 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Notorynchus cepedianus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
16.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleostei Trachurus capensis; Sardinops sagax; Scomber japonicus; Genypterus capensis; unspecified teleosts.
0.10 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others Haploblepharus pictus egg case
2.00 % others mammals dolphins juv./adults Delphinidae Delphinidae
0.50 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Bullia laevissima Name cited in literature is Bullia laevisima.
0.10 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults Eptatretus hexatrema Eptatretus hexatrema
9.30 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish n.a./others Chondrichthyes Notorynchus cepedianus; Callorhinchus capensis; Raja cf. clavata.
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Octopus vulgaris Octopus vulgaris
71.40 % others mammals pinnipeds juv./adults Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
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