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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 1400 Percent empty 51.4
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
90.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trichiuridae Clupeidae (2.2); Engraulidae (2.5); Myctophidae (0.3); Carangidae (6.7); Leiognathidae (1.7); Trichiuridae (27.2); Synodontidae (0.3); Bregmacerotidae(0.2); Sciaenidae (1.4); Mullidae (4.9); Nemipteridae (3.2); Congridae(0.2); Acropomidae (0.5); Digested fish (38.8)
1.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
4.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Scyllaris sp. Penaeidae (3.4); Scyllaris sp. (0.2);
3.90 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo duvauceli Loligo duvauceli (2.1); Octopus sp. (0.5); Abralia sp (0.3); Sepia sp. (1.0)
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