Food and Feeding Habits Summary Prionace glauca
 
Main Ref. Mendonca, A., 2009
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 168.50 FL
Sample size 2441 Percent empty 94.39
Country Locality northeast Atlantic
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
9.58 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Teleosts Alepisauridae, Sternoptychinae, Belonidae, Bramidae, Caproidae, Stomiidae, Trichiuridae, Zeidae, Molidae, Ophidiidae, Polyprionidae, Carangidae and unspecified teleosts.
13.80 % others mammals n.a./other mammals juv./adults Mammalia Phocidae (seals), Delphinidae (dolphins) and unspecified mammals.
76.62 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda Onychoteuthidae, Cranchiidae, Chiroteuthidae, Ctenopterygidae, Cycloteuthidae, Gonatidae, Grimalditeuthidae, Allopsidae, Sepiolidae, Histioteuthidae, Ommastrephidae, Joubiniteuthidae, Lepidoteuthidae, Mastigoteuthidae, Neoteuthidae, Ocythoidae, Pholidoteuthidae, Octopoteuthidae, Teuthoidea, Thysanoteuthidae, Vampyroteuthidae, Vitreledonellidae and unspecified cephalopods
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