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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Exocoetus volitans
 
Main Ref. Lipskaya, N.Y., 1987
Fish stage larvae Mean length 0.80 TL
Sample size 50 Percent empty
Country Locality Eastern part of the Pacific Ocean, 1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Exocoetus volitans
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
53.09 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Appendicularia Appendicularia
3.13 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Evadne sp. Evadne sp.
14.56 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae Pontellidae Pontellidae nauplii
23.86 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae nauplii nauplii
2.12 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods recruits/juv. plank. copepods
3.24 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods recruits/juv. Oncaea Oncaea
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