Food and Feeding Habits Summary Electrona antarctica
 
Main Ref. Pusch, C., P.A. Hulley and K.-H. Kock, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 8.50 SL
Sample size 145 Percent empty 57.9
Country South Shetland Locality King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1996
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Electrona antarctica
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.90 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Calanus propinquus Calanus propinquus 0.1 Gaidius spp. Metridia gerlachei 0.1 Pareuchaeta spp. 0.1
85.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausia superba E. frigida 1.0 E. superba 53.1 E. triacantha 1.3 Euphausia sp. 28.0 Thysanoessa macrura 1.7
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.30 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
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