New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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FOOD AND FEEDING OF KAHAWAI (TELEOSTEI: ARRIPIDIDAE)

Alan N. Baker*

Department of Zoology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract Analysis of 326 stomachs of the kahawai, Arripis trutta (Bloch and Schneider), from Wellington Harbour showed that the fish is a voracious carnivore which feeds mainly on fishes and to a lesser extent on planktonic crustaceans. The kahawai is principally a pelagic feeder, but occasionally takes food from the sea bottom; it appears to feed on those fishes which are locally most abundant, and follows shoals of small fish on which it preys. Small kahawai below 100 mm in length eat mainly copepods.

*Present Address: Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5 (2) : 291-9
(Received for publication 10 March 1971)

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