Food items reported for Merluccius paradoxus
n = 37
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified crustacean remains South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Cephalopoda South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Afrololigo mercatoris South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes angolensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todaropsis eblanae South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paracallionymus costatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cynoglossus zanzibarensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gempylidae South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sufflogobius bibarbatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coelorinchus fasciatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nezumia spp. South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius paradoxus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius paradoxus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified hake South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tripterophycis gilchristi South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampanyctodes hectoris South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Symbolophorus boops South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paralepididae South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phosichthys argenteus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified fish South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Stomias boa South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hoplostethus spp. South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea spp. South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Funchalia woodwardi South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeidae South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausiacea South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia hanseni South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia lucens South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified Namibia juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Mysida South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified Namibia juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Amphipoda South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Themisto gaudichaudii South Africa juv./adults
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