Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Prionace glauca

Main Ref.	Lopez, S., R. Meléndez and P. Barría, 2010
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	283.00 TL
Sample size	228	Percent empty	24.6
Country	Chile	Locality	off central and northern Chile, eastern South Pacific
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Prionace glauca

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
0.16 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Scomber japonicus
0.25 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Taratichthys sp.
0.27 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Arothron sp.
0.55 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Prionace glauca
1.99 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus murphyi
2.51 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Brama australis
2.99 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Ruvettus pretiosus
4.88 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Lamna nasus
8.06 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Cubiceps pauciradiatus
10.25 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Katsuwonus pelamis
15.59 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Xiphias gladius
18.62 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Alepisaurus ferox
0.21 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	Chondrichthyes remains
0.77 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	Cubiceps remains
0.90 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	unspecified fish remains
1.14 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	Scombridae remains
13.22 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	unspecified cephalopod remains
9.96 %	others	mammals	dolphins	juv./adults	Tursiops truncatus
0.01 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	Haliporoides sp.
0.01 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Vampyroteuthis infernalis
0.72 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cirrothauma sp.
2.94 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Todarodes filippovae
3.78 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Dosidicus gigas
0.22 %	others	herps	turtles	juv./adults	Dermochelys coriacea

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