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Food items reported for Arctocephalus pusillus
n = 36
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lycoteuthis lorigera Namibia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes angolensis Namibia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todaropsis eblanae Namibia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia australis Namibia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gymnammodytes capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus capensis South Africa recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cynoglossus zanzibarensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thyrsites atun South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chorisochismus dentex South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sufflogobius bibarbatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius capensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius paradoxus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius paradoxus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mugil cephalus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampanyctodes hectoris South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Genypterus capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argyrosomus hololepidotus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus saurus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber japonicus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Haploblepharus edwardsii South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Austroglossus microlepis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Austroglossus pectoralis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argyrozona argyrozona South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pagellus natalensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pterogymnus laniarius South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidopus caudatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chelidonichthys capensis South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods Argonauta argo Namibia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Enteroctopus magnificus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Octopus magnificus Namibia juv./adults
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