Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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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	235	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
2.92 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sardinops sagax	%W=2.9
3.22 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Engraulis mordax	%W=3.2
6.44 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Oligoplites sp.	%W=6.4
2.41 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Porichthys sp.	%W=2.4
2.82 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueurii	%W=2.8
46.97 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Dosidicus gigas	%W=46.7
0.01 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	juv./adults	Cavolinia sp.	%W=0.01
6.64 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	Pleuroncodes planipes	%W=6.6
0.80 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	unidentified Brachyura	%W=0.8
0.30 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	unspecified Euphausiacea	%W=0.3
0.01 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. Crustaceans	juv./adults	unidentified Crustacea	%W=0.01
0.20 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	unspecified items	%W=0.2
10.66 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	unidentified organic matter	%W=10.6
15.99 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Benthosema panamense	%W=15.9
0.60 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Triphoturus mexicanus	%W=0.6