Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Arctocephalus forsteri

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Arctocephalus forsteri

Main Ref.	Fea, N.I., R. Harcourt and C. Lalas, 1999
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	New Zealand	Locality	Otago Peninsula
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Arctocephalus forsteri

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
2.79 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sprattus	2.8% Sprattus.
2.79 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Symbolophorus	2.8% Symbolophorus.
3.18 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Seriolella	1.8% Seriolella; 1.4% Nemadactylus macropterus; <1% Grahamichthys radiata; <1% Peltorhamphus.
3.49 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Geotria australis	3.5% Geotria australis.
4.18 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Electrona	4.2% Electrona.
4.88 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pseudophycis bachus	4.9% Pseudophycis bachus.
11.06 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Lampanyctodes hectoris	11.1% Lampanyctodes hectoris.
24.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus	24.6% Trachurus.
30.38 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Auchenoceros punctatus	30.5% Auchenoceros punctatus.
12.75 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	recruits/juv.	Nototodarus sloanii	12.8% Nototodarus sloanii.