Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Ziphius cavirostris

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Ziphius cavirostris

Main Ref.	Santos, M.B., G.J. Pierce, J. Herman, A. López, A. Guerra, E. Mente and M.R. Clarke, 2001
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	1	Percent empty
Country	Spain	Locality	A Lanzada, Galicia
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
0.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cycloteuthis sirventi
2.09 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Chiroteuthis veranyi	1.29% Chiroteuthis veranyi, 0.80% Chiroteuthis sp..
2.85 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Octopoteuthis sicula
3.91 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis bonnellii	1.22% Histioteuthis reversa, 0.49% Histioteuthis arcturi, 2.08% Histioteuthis bonnellii, 0.12% Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis.
8.96 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatus sp.
11.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Mastigoteuthis schmidti
12.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Taonius pavo	9.67% Taonius pavo, 2.43% Teuthowenia sp.(type 2).
13.89 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Todarodes sagittatus
19.51 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Pholidoteuthis boschmai
24.79 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Teuthowenia megalops