Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Globicephala melas

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Globicephala melas

Main Ref.	Gales, R., D. Pemberton, M. Clarke and C.C. Lu, 1992
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	2	Percent empty
Country	Australia	Locality	Freycinat Peninsula (42°10'South, 148°20') East, Tasmania, Australia
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
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis A
0.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis eltaninae
0.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	?Lepidoteuthis
0.40 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	?Pholidoteuthis
0.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Enoploteuthis galaxias
2.00 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Octopus ?cyanea
3.30 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Benthoctopus
20.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepia apama	20% Sepia apama; 0.1% Sepia sp.
24.40 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Nototodarus gouldi
48.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepioteuthis australis