Food and Feeding Habits Summary Alepisaurus ferox
 
Main Ref. Moteki, M., K. Fujita and H. Kohno, 1993
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 125.00 TL
Sample size 42 Percent empty
Country Hawaii Locality 24°36'N~27°36'N, 153°24'W~166°44'W, 10-28 May 1990
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Alepisaurus ferox
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
52.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Congridae Congridae, Muraenesocidae, Engraulidae, Argentinidae, Gonostomatidae, Sternoptychidae, Paralepididae, Omosudidae, Alepisauridae, Myctophidae, Fistularidae, Moridae, Bregmacerotidae, Macrouridae, Linophrynidae, Melanocetidae, Gigantactinidae, Trachipteridae, Mirapinnidae, Percichthydae, Priacanthidae, Apogonidae, Bramidae, Emmelichthyidae, Chaetodontidae, Chiasmodontidae, Scombridae, Gempylidae, Nomeidae, Scorpaenidae
8.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods recruits/juv. Pterotracheoidea
18.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
0.30 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Pteropoda Pteropoda & Appendicularia
1.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
19.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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