Food and Feeding Habits Summary Prionace glauca
 
Main Ref. Markaida, U. and O. Sosa-Nishizaki, 2010
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 152.00 TL
Sample size 893 Percent empty 28.4
Country Mexico Locality off Ensenada, Todos Santos Bay, Baja California
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 Comments
0.01 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Phyllospadix sp. Name cited in literature is Philospadix sp.
0.58 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others unspecified algae %W=0.59
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Porichthys notatus %W=0.01
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Triphoturus mexicanus %W=0.01
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Zaniolepis frenata %W=0.01
0.02 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctus sp. %W=0.02
0.02 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sternoptychidae %W=0.02
0.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Idiacanthus antrostomus %W=0.03
0.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Scombridae %W=0.03
0.04 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cololabis saira %W=0.04
0.04 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Myctophidae %W=0.04
0.29 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Elasmobranquia %W=0.3
0.36 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Strongylura exilis %W=0.37
0.44 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Trachurus symmetricus %W=0.45
0.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pseudobathylagus milleri %W=0.5
0.66 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Engraulis mordax %W=0.67
0.78 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cubiceps sp. %W=0.8
1.82 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sardinops caeruleus %W=1.86
1.95 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sebastes spp. %W=1.99
2.15 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mugil cephalus %W=2.19
2.16 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scorpaenichthys marmoratus %W=2.21
2.52 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified teleosts %W=2.57
4.97 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber japonicus %W=5.07
8.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merluccius productus %W=8.2
9.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mola mola %W=9.24
0.42 % detritus detritus carcasses juv./adults unspecified bird remains Bird remains were evidently scavenged rather than taken alive (Ref. 121220).
7.24 % others mammals dolphins juv./adults Delphinus %W=7.39
0.11 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs unspecified Exocoetid eggs %W=0.11
0.02 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Idotea resecata %W=0.02
2.16 % others mammals n.a./other mammals juv./adults unspecified blubber %W=2.2
2.86 % others mammals n.a./other mammals juv./adults unspecified sea mammals %W=2.92
20.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Pleuroncodes planipes %W=21.33
0.01 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults unspecified Thaliacea %W=0.01
0.05 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults unspecified pyrosomes %W=0.05
7.42 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Human waste Human solid debris includes food remains and plastic packing
0.09 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Gnatophausia zoea %W=0.09
0.02 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Japetella sp. %W=0.02
0.02 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Moroteuthis robusta %W=0.02
0.09 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cranchia scabra %W=0.09
0.09 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cranchiidae %W=0.09
0.13 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Argonauta spp. %W=0.13
0.25 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Onychoteuthis borealijaponicus %W=0.26
0.38 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Haliphron atlanticus %W=0.39
0.59 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Vampyroteuthis infernalis %W=0.6
0.71 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis hoylei %W=0.72
1.25 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis heteropsis %W=1.28
1.67 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Ancistrocheirus lesueuri %W=1.7
1.97 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthidae %W=2.01
2.34 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopoteuthis deletron %W=2.39
3.63 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults unspecified cephalopods %W=3.71
9.13 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Dosidicus gigas %W=9.32
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