Food and Feeding Habits Summary Protomyctophum bolini
 
Main Ref. Pusch, C., P.A. Hulley and K.-H. Kock, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 4.30 SL
Sample size 122 Percent empty 17.2
Country South Shetland Locality King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1996
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Protomyctophum bolini
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
84.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Metridia gerlachei Calanus propinquus 1.5 Gaidius spp. 1.0 Metridia gerlachei 75.9 Pareuchaeta spp. 3.8 Rhincalanus gigas 0.6 unid calanoids 1.5
13.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults thysanoessa macrura thysanoessa macrura 13.0
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
1.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
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