Food and Feeding Habits Summary Istiophorus albicans
 
Main Ref. JĂșnior, T.V., C.M. Vooren and R.P. Lessa, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 165.00 FL
Sample size 98 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Southwestern equatorial Atlantic, October 1992-December 1999
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Istiophorus albicans
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
79.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gempylus serpens Acanthurus sp. 0.3 Brama brama 12.3 Caranx sp. 0.1 Coryphaena hippurus 0.7 Cypselurus spp. 0.7 Dactlopterus volitans 2.1 Decapterus punctatus 9.3 Diodon hystrix 0.8 Gempylus serpens 13.2 Holocentridae 1.3 Kali parri 0.1 Monacanthidae 0.1 Ranzania laevis 0.3 Scombridae 7.3 Teleostei 17.3 Thunnus sp. 2.9 Trachipterus sp. 0.3 Tylosurus sp. 9.4
21.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Ornithoteuthis antillarum Cephalopoda 0.6 Enoploteuthidae 0.4 Hyaloteuthis pelagica 0.8 Omnastrephes bartramii 4.7 Ornithoteuthis antillarum 10.5 Tremoctopus violaceus 4.2
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