Food and Feeding Habits Summary Thunnus obesus
 
Main Ref. Satoh, K., K. Yokawa, H. Saito, H. Matsunaga, H. Okamoto and Y. Uozumi, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length NG
Sample size 77 Percent empty
Country Locality North and tropical Atlantic Ocean
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Thunnus obesus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
44.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pisces Sternoptychidae 1.0 Omosudidae 0.4 Myctophidae 6.1 Paralepididae 0.7 Alepisauridae 3.4 Exocoetidae 0.5 Diretmidae Trachipteridae 0.1 Caproidae 0.3 Zeidae 0.3 Chiasmodontidae 0.1 Coryphaenidae 3.3 Gempylidae 7.7 Bramidae 15.6 Scombrolabracidae 0.1 Scombridae 2.8 Nomeidae 2.8 Tetraodontidae 0.3 unidentified
36.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea
19.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda
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