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Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Dosidicus gigas
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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Dosidicus gigas
 
Main Ref. Markaida, U. and O. Sosa-Nishizaki, 2003
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 298 Percent empty
Country Mexico Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Dosidicus gigas
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.71 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Benthosema panamense %W=1.7
2.51 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sardinops sagax %W=2.5
3.42 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Oligoplites sp. %W=3.4
0.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber japonicus %W=0.2
0.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Porichthys sp. %W=0.05
0.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unidentified Teleostei %W=0.05
35.58 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish recruits/juv. Dosidiscus gigas %W=35.4
19.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Pleuroncodes planipes %W=19.7
1.21 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Plesionika sp. %W=1.2
0.08 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Sicyonia sp. As Scyonia sp. %W=0.08
0.01 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults unidentidied Caridea %W=0.005
1.21 % others others n.a./others n.a./others unspecified items %W=1.2
34.18 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others unidentified organic matter %W=34
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