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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trichiurus lepturus
 
Main Ref. Portsev, P.I., 1980
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 1325 Percent empty 47
Country India Locality Off west coast, 1976.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Trichiurus lepturus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
51.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trichiuridae Clupeidae (0.4); Engraulidae (3.1); Myctophidae (0.2); Carangidae (0.4); Trichiuridae (9.1); Synodontidae (0.9); Bregmacerotidae(0.3); Polynemidae (1.3); Congridae(1.7); Acropomidae (3.6); Fingerlings (0.4); Digested fish (30.3)
14.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
4.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Penaeidae Penaeidae (14.4)
29.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo duvauceli Sepia sp. (1.3); Loligo duvauceli (25.1); Abralia sp. (2.6); Octopus sp. (0.4)
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