Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Ziphius cavirostris

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Ziphius cavirostris

Main Ref.	Santos, M.B., V. Martin, M. Arbelo, A. Fernández and G.J. Pierce, 2007
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	530.00 none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Canary Is.	Locality	Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Island
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Ziphius cavirostris

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
1.14 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueurii
3.41 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Pholidoteuthis boschmai
5.27 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis veranyi	3.05% Chiroteuthis veranyi; 2.22% Chiroteuthis sp.
5.86 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Octopoteuthis sicula
6.75 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Todarodes sagittatus
7.51 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Taningia danae
11.02 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Mastigoteuthis schmidti
14.58 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Moroteuthis sp.
16.43 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Galiteuthis armata	5.56% Taonius pavo; 2.04% Megalocranchia sp.; 8.16% Galiteuthis armata; 0.67% Teuthowenia megalops.
28.03 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis type A	3.73% Histioteuthis reversa; 7.30% Histioteuthis bonnellii; 17% Histioteuthis type A group (Histioteuthis beaks couldn't be identified but includes .Histioteuthis arcturi, Histioteuthis corona, Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis and Histioteuthis nonnellii).