| Main Ref. | Meyer, M. and M.J. Smale, 1991 | ||
| Fish stage | adults | Mean length | 43.10 TL |
| Sample size | 145 | Percent empty | |
| Country | South Africa | Locality | West coast |
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| Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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| 38.10 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Paracallionymus costatus | 15.92% Paracallionymus costatus, 7.7% Etrumeus whiteheadi, 2.51% Sufflogobius bibartus, 2.19% Lampanyctodes hectoris, 1.32% Sardinops ocellatus, 1.22% Engraulis capensis, 1.18% Cynoglossus zanzibarensis, 0.97% Merluccius capensis, 0.95% Holohalaerus regani, 0.64% Physiculus capensis, 0.56% Merluccidae, 0.36% Coelorhinchus fasciatus, 0.28% Helicolenus dactylopterus, 0.07% Merluccius paradoxus |
| 0.71 % | zooplankton | plank. crust. | mysids | juv./adults | mysids | 0.33% mysids, 0.19% euphausiids, 0.19 amphipods |
| 0.10 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | n.a./other mollusks | juv./adults | gastropods | 0.08% gastropods, 0.01% bivalves |
| 6.40 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | juv./adults | Penaeidae | 2.77% Penaeidae, 2% Macrurans, 1.5% Brachyura |
| 54.65 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | stomatopods | juv./adults | Pterygosquilla armata capensis | Pterygosquilla armata capensis |