Abstract:

A preliminary analysis of the stomach contents of Notothenia coriiceps Richardson collected in the adjacent waters of the Great Wall Bay was made during the period from 25th to 26th, December 1988. The results of the analysis showed that the main kinds of food included 6 species of benthic animals, many species of Amphipoda, 3 species of zooplankton and 8 species of benthic algae. The benthic animals occupied 52.82% of the total weight of food ingested, of which Patinigers polanis amounting to 16.77%, Amphipoda 33.78%; the Zooplankton accounting for 6.74%,of which, the Euphausia superba accounting for 5.47%; the benthic algae 35.49%, of which Porphyra audiviifolium accounting for 6.35% and Iridaea obovata 18.69%. There was an obvious correlation between the body weight and length of the fish, the correlation coefficient being 9.6. The analytical results also revealed that the main source of the food of Notothenia coriiceps was benthic animals and benthic algae.