Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Berardius bairdii

Main Ref.	Ohizumi, H., T. Isoda, T. Kishiro and H. Kato, 2003
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	966.50 none
Sample size	24	Percent empty
Country	Japan	Locality	on the Pacific coast of central Japan
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Berardius bairdii

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
9.55 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pisces	3.83% Antimora microlepis. 4.15% Laemonema longipes, 1.57% Coryphaenoides cinereus.
16.77 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Coryphaenoides acrolepis
69.26 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Coryphaenoides longifilis
0.11 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis imperator
0.13 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ancistrocheirus lesueuri
0.16 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Ommastrephidae	0.04% Ommastrephes bartrami, 0.01% Ommastrephes volatilis, 0.10% Todarodes pacificus, 0.01% Ommastrephidae sp.
0.23 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthidae	0.10% Histioteuthis dofleini, 0.13% Histioteuthis c inermis.
0.43 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Onychoteuthidae	0.10% Onychoteuthis banksi, 0.10% Onychoteuthis borealijaponica, 0.23% Moloteuthis loennbergi.
1.61 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatidae	0.16% Gonatus onyx, 0.23% Gonatus berryi, 0.22% Gonatus pyros, 0.43% Gonatopsis borealis, 0.55% Gonatus sp., 0.02% Gonatus spp. juvenile.
1.75 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cranchiidae	1.02% Taonius pavo, 0.15% Galiteuthis phyllura, 0.58% Galiteuthis large sp.