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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pentaceros wheeleri
 
Main Ref. Seki, M.P. and D.A. Somerton, 1994
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country Hawaii Locality SE Hancock Seamount near the NW end of the Hawaiian Ridge, Summer 1988.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pentaceros wheeleri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.26 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Astronesthes lucifer 2.7% Astronesthes lucifer, 1% Astronesthidae, 0.1% Vinciguerria sp., 1% Argyropelecus sp., 1% Stomiiformes, 0.1% Hygophum, 0.6% Myctophidae, 0.4% unidentified fishes
3.26 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiidae 3.1% Euphausiidae
4.84 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Oplophorus spinosus 0.9% Penaeidae, 0.5% Sergestidae, 0.5% Sergestes, 0.6% Oplophorus sp., 1.4% Oplophorus spinosus 0.4% Parapandalus sp., 0.2% Galatheidae, 0.1% Brachyura
0.21 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
5.47 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Mysidacea 0.4% unid. crustaceans, 0.2% ostracods, 0.4% copepods, 4.1% Mysidacea, 0.1% isopods
1.05 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
1.37 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Coelentarata 0.7% Coelentarata, 0.3% Hydrozoa, 0.3% Siphonophora
73.16 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpa fusiformis 60.5% Pyrosomatidae, 6.6% Salpidae, 2.1% Salpa fusiformis, 0.3% Iasis zonaria
3.37 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea urchins juv./adults echinoids 3.2% echinoids
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