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All of the fish identified in stomach contents and regurgitations of breeding and chick Cape petrels collected during January and February 1996 at Fildes Peninsula and Harmony Point, both in the South Shetland Islands and at Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, were myctophids, a family never previously reported in the diet of breeding Cape petrels. Electrona antarctica was the most important fish prey, followed by Electrona carlsbergi at Fildes Peninsula, Krefftichthys anderssoni at Harmony Point and Gymnoscopelus braueri at Laurie Island. The absence of Pleuragramma antarcticum in the diet of this petrel, which is considered a P. antarcticum-feeder, is discussed.
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Received: 22 December 1997 / Accepted: 6 June 1998
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Casaux, R., Soave, G. & Coria, N. Lanternfish (Myctophidae) in the diet of the Cape petrel Daption capense at the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biol 20, 364–366 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050315
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