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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Oxyporhamphus micropterus
 
Main Ref. Lipskaya, N.Y., 1980
Fish stage larvae Mean length 1.70 SL
Sample size 149 Percent empty
Country Locality Pacific 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
14.75 % zooplankton jellyfish/hydroids jellyfish/hydroids juv./adults Bassia bassensis 4% Bassia bassensis, 9.1% Siphonophora
1.24 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Fritillaria sp. 1.1% Fritillaria sp.
3.84 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Pteropod 0.21% Gastropod larvae, 3.2% Pteropod larvae
32.23 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Farranula gibbula Adult copepods: 2.32% Calocalanus pavo, 19.9% Farranula gibbula, 5.3% F. concinna, 1.1% Oncaeaminuta + O. media
47.94 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Corycaeus sp. Juvenile copepods: 0.42% Calocalanus sp., 1.1% Oithona sp., 7.82% Corycaeus sp., 1.6% Oncaea sp., 0.73% Clausocalanus, sp.
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