Cephalopods in the diet of albacore, Thunnus alalunga, from the eastern Mediterranean
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Authors: Mehmet Alp SALMAN, F. Saadet Karakulak
JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2008, vol 89, pp 635-640
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315408002555
Summary
In this study, the stomach contents of 116 albacore specimens, Thunnus alalunga were examined from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Fifty-five of the 116 stomachs examined were empty. The occurrence of major prey categories in stomachs were 95.1% cephalopods, 47.5% teleosts and 39.3% crustaceans with a total Of 633 individuals belonging to 14 species identified. Heteroteuthis dispar from the order Sepiolida constituted 56-40% of the main cephalopod prey followed by Onychoteuthis banksii from the order Teuthida.