Food habits of the hollowsnout grenadier, Caelorinchus caelorhincus (Risso, 1810), in the Aegean Sea, Turkey

Articles > Article · 2008

Authors: Tuncay Murat SEVER, HALİT FİLİZ, Bahar BAYHAN, Ertan TAŞKAVAK, GÖKÇEN BİLGE

BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2008, vol 138, pp 81-84

Summary

Stomach contents of 148 hollowsnout grenadier, Caelorinchus caelorhincus (RISSO, 1810), were examined. Crustaceans were found to be most important prey group in the diet. Polychaetes constituted the second most important prey group. Chaetognathans were only occasionally eaten.

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