Food and Feeding Habits Summary Globicephala melas
 
Main Ref. Santos, M.B., S.S. Monteiro, J.V. Vingada, M. Ferreira, A. López, J. Martínez Cedeira, A., R.J. Reid, A. Brownlow and G.J. Pierce, 2014
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 10 Percent empty
Country UK Scotland Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Globicephala melas
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
3.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatus sp.
0.10 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis reversa
7.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis sp.
83.01 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Todarodes sagitattus
0.51 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Teuthowenia megalops
5.46 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Eledone cirrhosa
0.51 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Gadidae
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