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Table 6 Stomach content of the examined fish species

From: Parasite fauna of the Antarctic dragonfish Parachaenichthys charcoti (Perciformes: Bathydraconidae) and closely related Bathydraconidae from the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Fish species

Food item

F (%)

N (%)

W (%)

IRI

Gymnodraco acuticeps

Crustacea

60.00

87.50

24.49

6719.33

Euphausiacea

40.00

50.00

22.03

2881.35

Euphausia sp.

20.00

25.00

16.09

821.78

Crustacea indet.

20.00

37.50

2.46

799.10

Teleostei

40.00

12.50

75.51

3520.45

Parachaenichthys charcoti

Crustacea

90.70

93.43

61.94

14091.53

Euphausiacea

32.56

22.63

31.23

1753.44

Euphausia superba

13.95

11.68

17.43

406.18

Gammaridae

4.65

25.55

1.64

126.46

Isopoda

2.33

0.73

0.72

3.37

Ceratoserolis sp.

2.33

0.73

0.72

3.37

Crustacea indet.

48.84

44.53

28.35

3559.03

Teleostei

20.93

6.57

38.06

934.15

Racovitzia glacialis

Crustacea

100

100

100

20000.00

Euphausiacea

50.00

53.33

67,42

6037.53

Euphausia sp.

50.00

53.33

67,42

6037.53

Crustacea indet.

50.00

46.67

32,58

3962.47

Gerlachea australis

Crustacea

100

100

100

20000.00

Crustacea indet.

100

100

100

20000.00

  1. Abbreviations: F frequency of occurrence, F numerical percentage, W weight percentage, IRI index of relative importance of the different prey groups