Food and Feeding Habits Summary Oxyporhamphus micropterus
 
Main Ref. Lipskaya, N.Y., 1980
Fish stage larvae Mean length 1.60 SL
Sample size 164 Percent empty
Country Locality Indian Ocean
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.23 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae plank. invertebrates
10.08 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Farranula concinna Adult copepods: 1.19% Calocalanus pavo, 2.69% Clausocalanus arcuicornis, 1.34% Farranula gibbula, 2.79% F. concinna
89.69 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Corycaeus sp. Juvenile copepods: 1.14% Calocalanus sp., 5.17% Acartia sp., 1.16% Oithona sp., 2.58% Paracalanus sp., 15.8% Corycaeus sp., 3.57% Oncaea sp., 6.78% other copepod juv., 28.7% Pontellidae nauplii, 6.39% Copepod nauplii
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