Feeding habits of the dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the eastern Caribbean

Scientia Marina

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 303-315

  Oxenford, Hazel A ^a   Hunte, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Corypheana hippurus; Diet; Dolphinfish; Eastern Caribbean

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORE;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS;

EID: 0033496898     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.1999.63n3-4317     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (92)

1. Abitia-Càrdenas, L.A., F. Galvan-Magana and J. Rodriguez-Romero. - 1997. Food habits and energy values of prey of striped marlin, Tetrapterus audax, off the coast of Mexico. Fish. Bull., US., 95: 360-368.
2. Bannister, J.V. - 1976. The length-weight relationship, condition factor and gut contents of the dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus (L.) in the Mediterranean. J. Fish. Biol., 9: 335-338.
3. Beardsley, G.L. Jr., N.R. Merrett and W.J. Richards. - 1972. Synopsis of the biology of the sailfish Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder 1791). Part 3. Species Synopses. Pp. 95-120. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS-SSR-675. Proc. Int. Billfish Symp., Hawaii.
4. Berg, J. - 1979. Discussion of methods of investigating the food of fishes with reference to a preliminary study of the prey of Gobiusculus flavescens. Mar. Biol., 50: 263-273.
5. Berry, F.H. - 1978. Caproidae. In: W. Fischer (ed). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Vol. 1. FAO, Rome.
6. Bigelow, H.B., and W.C. Schroeder. - 1948. Sharks. Part I. In: J. Tee-Van (ed.), Fishes of the western north Atlantic, pp.59-546. Sear Found, for Mar. Res., Yale Univ., New Haven.
7. Cabo, D.F.L. - 1961. Biometria, biologia, y pesca de la lampuga (Coryphaena hippurus L.) de las isla Baleares. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Series de Ciencias Naturales, 21: 1-93.
8. Cayre, P., J.B. Amon Kothias, T. Diouf and J.M. Stretta. - 1993. Biology of tuna. In: A. Fonteneau and J. Marcille (eds.), Resources, fishing and biology of the tropical tunas of the Eastern Central Atlantic, pp. 147-242. FAO Fisheries Document Paper 292. FAO, Rome.
9. Christensen, V. - 1991. On ECOPATH, Fishbyte and fisheries management. Fishbyte, 9(2): 62-66.
10. Collette, B.B. - 1978. Coryphaenidae. In: W. Fischer (ed.), FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), pag. var. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome.
11. Collette, B.B. - 1981. Coryphaenidae. In: W. Fischer, W.G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.), FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part), pag. var. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome.
12. Collette, B.B. - 1984. Coryphaenidae. In: W. Fischer and W.G. Bianchi (eds.). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51), pag. var. Vol. 2. FAO, Rome.
13. Collette, B.B. - 1995. Coryphaenidae. In: W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.), Guia FAO para indentification de especies para lo fines de la pesca. Pacifico Centra-Oriental, pag. var. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome.
14. Collette, B.B., and C.E. Nauen. - 1983. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop., 125: 1-137.
15. Compagno, L.J.V. - 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop., 125: 251-655.
16. Crisp, D.T. - 1963. A preliminary survey of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) and bullheads (Cottus gobio L.) in high altitude becks. Salm. Trout Mag., 167: 45-59.
17. Crisp, D.T., R.H.K. Mann and J.C. McCormack. - 1978. The effects of impoundment and regulation upon the stomach contents of fish at Cow Green, Upper Teesdale. J. Fish Biol., 12: 287-301.
18. de Sylva, O.P. - 1974. Life history of the Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS (Spec. Sci. Rep. Fish. Ser.), 675: 1-80.
19. Dooley, J. - 1972. Fishes associated with the pelagic sargassum complex, with a discussion of the sargassum community. Contr. Mar. Sci., 16: 1-31.
20. Dragovich, A. - 1970. The food of blue fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 99: 726-728.
21. Dragovich, A., and T. Potthoff. - 1972. Comparative study of the food of skipjack and yellowfin tunas off the coast of West Africa. Fish. Bull., U.S., 70: 1078-1110.
22. Fagade, S.O., and C.I.O. Olaniyan. - 1972. The biology of the West African shad Ethmalosa fimbricata (Bowditch) in the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria. J. Fish Biol., 4: 519-533.
23. Farrington, S.K. Jr. - 1949. Fishing the Atlantic offshore and on. Coward-McCann, Inc., New York. 312pp.
24. Fischer, W. (ed) - 1978. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), pag. var. Vol. 1-7. FAO, Rome.
25. Fischer, W., W. G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) - 1981. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlanti; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part), pag. var. Canada Funds-in-Trust, Ottawa. DFO, Canada by arrangement with FAO of the UN, Vol. 1-7.
26. Fishbase. - 1996. Fishbase 96 CD-ROM. ICLARM, Manila.
27. Fonteneau, A. and J. Marcille (eds.) - 1993. Resources, fishing and biology of the tropical tunas of the Eastern Central Atlantic. FAO Fisheries Document Paper 292. FAO, Rome, 354 pp.
28. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). - 1994. FAO yearbook 1992. Fishery statistics. Catches and landings. FAO Fisheries Series No. 43, FAO Statistics Series No. 120, Vol. 74. FAO, Rome. 677 pp.
29. Frost, W.E. - 1946. On the food relationships of the fish in Windermere. Biol. Jaarb., 13: 216-231.
30. Frost, W.E. - 1954. The food of the pike, Esox lucius L., in Windermere. J. Anim. Ecol., 23: 339-360.
31. Gibbs, R.H. Jr., and B.B. Collette. - 1959. On the identification, distribution and biology of the dolphins, Coryphaena hippurus and C. equiselis. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Carib., 9: 117-152.
32. Glenn, C.L., and E.J. Ward. - 1968. 'Wet weight' as a method of measuring stomach contents of walleyes, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 25: 1505-1507.
33. Gooding, R.M., and J.J. Magnuson. - 1967. Ecological significance of a drifting object to pelagic fishes. Pac. Sci., 21: 486-497.
34. Gomes, C., R. Mahon, W. Hunte and S. Singh-Renton. - 1998. The role of drifting objects in pelagic fisheries in the southeastern Caribbean. Fish. Res., 34: 47-58.
35. Gorbunova, N.N. - 1969. Breeding grounds and food of the larvae of the swordfish (Xiphias gladius Linne (Pisces, Xiphidae)). Transi: Prop. Ichthyol, 9: 375-387.
36. Gudger, E.W. - 1932. The abundance of the dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus, on the North Carolina coast. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 47: 237-244.
37. Hida, T.S. - 1973. Food of tunas and dolphins (Pisces: Scombridae and Coryphaenidae) with emphasis on the distribution and biology of their prey Stolephorus buccaneeri (Engraulidae). Fish. Bull., U.S., 71: 135-143.
38. Hunt, B.P., and N.F. Carbine. - 1951. Food of young pike and associated fishes in Peterson's Ditches, Houghton Lake, Michigan. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 80: 67-73.
39. Hunte, W. - 1987. Summary of available database on oceanic pelagic fisheries in the Lesser Antilles. In: R. Mahon (ed.), Report and proceedings of the expert consultation on shared fishery resources of the Lesser Antilles. FAO Fish. Rep. 383: 125-176.
40. Hunter, J.R., and C.T. Mitchell. - 1967. Association of fishes with flotsam in the offshore waters of Central America. Fish. Bull., U.S., 66: 13-29.
41. Hynes, H.B.N. - 1950. The food of freshwater sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus and Pygosteus pungitius) with a review of methods used in studies of the food of fishes. J. Anim. Ecol., 19: 36-58.
42. Hyslop, E.J. - 1980. Stomach contents analysis - a review of methods and their applications. J. Fish Biol., 17: 411-429.
43. Ida, H., Y. Hiyama and T. Kusaka. - 1967. Study of fishes gathering around floating seaweed. II. Behaviour and feeding habit. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish., 33: 930-936.
44. Ikusemiju, K., and C.I.O. Olaniyan. - 1977. The food and feeding habits of the catfishes, Chrysichthys walkeri (Gunther), C. filamentosus (Boulengar) and C. nigrodigitatus (Lacepede) in the Lekki Lagoon, Nigeria. J. Fish Biol., 10: 105-112.
45. Imamura, Y., M. Inoue, M. Orgura and S. Takeuchi. - 1965. Fishing of dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus by bamboo raft off the south west coast of Japan. J. Tokyo Univ. Fish., 51: 81-86.
46. International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). - 1996. 1995 Report of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS): species sections. Collective Volume of Scientific Papers XLV (2), 387 pp.
47. Johnson, F.H. - 1977. Responses of walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) population to the removal of white sucker Catostomus commersoni) from a Minnesota Lake in 1966. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 34: 1633-1642.
48. Kojima, S. - 1960a. Fishing for dolphins in the western part of the Japan Sea - VI. Behaviours of fish gathering around bamboo rafts. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish., 26: 383-388.
49. Kojima, S. - 1960b. Studies of dolphin fishing conditions in the western Sea of Japan - V. On the species of fish attracted to "Tuske" rafts. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish., 26: 379-382.
50. Kojima, S. - 1961. Studies of dolphin fishing conditions in the western Sea of Japan - III. On the stomach contents of dolphin. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish., 27: 625-629.
51. Krebs, J.R., and R.H. McCleery. - 1984. Optimisation in behavioural ecology. In: J.R. Krebs and N.B. Davies (ed.), Behavioural ecology: an evolutionary approach (2nd ed.), pp. 91-121. Sinaur Assoc., Massachusetts.
52. Leim, A.H., and W.B. Scott. - 1966. Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada, Fish. Res. Bd. Can. Bull., 155: 1-148.
53. Lewis, J.B., and F. Axelsen. - 1967. Food of the dolphin, Coryphaena hippurus (Linnaeus) and of the yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Lowe), from Barbados, West Indies. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 24: 683-686.
54. Magnuson, J.J., and J.G. Heitz. - 1971. Gill raker apparatus and food selectivity among mackerels, tunas and dolphins. Fish. Bull., U.S., 69: 361-369.
55. Mahon, R. - 1993. Lesser Antilles. In: FAO (ed), Marine fishery resources of the Antilles: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap., 326: 5-98
56. Mahon, R. - 1996. Fisheries and research for tunas and tuna-like species in the Western Central Atlantic: implications of the agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap., 357: 1-62.
57. Maniwa, Y., and S. Kojima. - 1966. Studies on fishing conditions of the dolphin, Coryphaena hlppurus, in the western region of the Sea of Japan - XIV. Underwater sounds produced by "Tuskegi" and gathering dolphins. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish., 32: 863-866.
58. Mann, R.H.K. - 1973. Observations on the age, growth, reproduction and food of the roach, Rutilus rutilas (L.), in two rivers in southern England. J. Fish Biol., 5: 707-736.
59. Manooch, C.S. III, D.L. Mason and R.S. Nelson. - 1984. Food and gastointestinal parasites of dolphin Coryphaena hippurus collected along the southeastern and Gulf coasts of the United States. Bull.Jpn. Soc. Sci. Fish., 50: 1511-1525.
60. Matthews, F.D., D.M. Damkaer, L.W. Knapp and B.B. Collette. -1977. Food of western north Atlantic tunas (Thunnus) and lancetfishes (Alepisaurus). U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS SSRF, 706: 1-19.
61. Migdalski, B.C. - 1958. Angler's guide to the salt water game fishes: Atlantic and Pacific. The Ronald Press Co., New York. 506 pp.
62. Mitchell, C.T., and J.R. Hunter. - 1970. Fishes associated with drifting kelp, Macrocystls pyrifera, off the coast of southern California and northern Baja California. Calif. Fish & Game, 56: 288-297.
63. Munro, J.L. - 1984. ECOPATH - the first of a generation. Fishbyte, 2(1): 1.
64. Murphy, G.I. - 1914. Notes of pelagic fishes. Copeia, 6: 1-2.
65. Nakamura, E.L. - 1971. An analysis of the catches and the biology of big game fishes caught by the New Orleans Big Game Fishing Club, 1966-1970. East Gulf Sport Fish. Mar. Lab. Rep. 38 pp.
66. Nakamura, E.L., and L.R. Rivas. - 1972. Big game fishing in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during 1971. Nat. Mar. Fish. Serv., Panama City, Florida. 20 pp.
67. Ommanney, F.D. - 1953. The pelagic fishes and a note on tow nettings. Pt. II. In: Report on the Mauritius-Seychelles fisheries survey 1948-1949. Col. Off. Fish. Pub., 1: 58-94.
68. Oxenford, H.A. - 1985. Biology of the dolphin Coryphaena hippurus and its implications for the Barbadian fishery. Ph.D. thesis, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. 366 pp.
69. Palko, B.J., G.L. Beardsley and W.J. Richards. - 1981. Synopsis of the biology of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus. Fish. Synop. 127: 1-21.
70. Palko, B.J., G.L. Beardsley and W.J. Richards. - 1982. Synopsis of the biological data on dolphin fishes, Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus and C. equiselis Linnaeus. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ., 443: 1-28.
71. Parin, N.V. - 1968. Ichthyofauna of the epipelagic zone. Israel Progam Sci. Transl., 206 pp.
72. Parker, R. R. - 1963. Effects of formalin on length and weight of fishes. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can., 20: 144-155.
73. Pauly, D. - 1978. A preliminary compilation of fish length growth parameters. Berichte Inst. f. Meereskunde (Kiel), 55: 1-200.
74. Pedley, R.B., and J.W. Jones. - 1978. The comparative feeding behaviour of brown trout Salmo trutta L. and Atlantic salmon S. salar L. in Llyn Dwythwch, Wales. J. Fish Biol., 12: 239-256.
75. Penrith, M.J. - 1963. The systematics and biology of South African tunas. M.Sc. thesis, Univ. Cape Town. 216 pp.
76. Pinkas, L., M.S. Oliphant and I.L.K. Iverson. - 1971. Food habits of albacore, bluefin tuna and bonito in Californian waters. Calif. Fish & Game, 152: 1-105.
77. Prince, E.D. - 1975. Pinnixid crabs in the diet of young-of-the-year copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus). Trans Am. Fish. Soc., 104: 539-540.
78. Ronquillo, I.A. - 1953. Food habits of tunas and dolphins based upon the examination of their stomach contents. Philipp. J. Fish., 2: 71-82.
79. Rose, C.D., and W.W. Hassler. - 1974. Food habits and sex ratios of dolphin Coryphaena hippurus captured in the western Atlantic Ocean off Hatteras, North Carolina. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 103: 94-100.
80. Rothschild, B.J. - 1964. Observations on dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) in the central Pacific Ocean. Copeia, 19M: 445-447.
81. Schuck, H.A. - 1951. Notes on the dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) in North Carolina waters. Copeia, 1951L: 35-39.
82. Scott, W.B. and S.N. Tibbo. - 1968. Food and feeding habits of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the western North Atlantic. J. Fish. Res. Board Can., 25: 903-919.
83. Shcherbachev, Yu. N. - 1973. The biology and distribution of the dolphins (Pisces, Coryphaenidae). J. Ichthyol., 13: 182-191.
84. Sherman, K. and T.L. Laughlin (eds). - 1992. International conference on the large marine ecosystem (LME) concept and its application to regional marine resource management, Monaco, 1-6 Oct. 1990. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/NEC 91: 37pp.
85. Sund, P.N., and H. Girigorie. - 1966. Dolphin impaled on marlin's bill. Sea Front., 12: 326.
86. Takahashi, M., and K. Mori. - 1973. Studies on relative growth in body parts compared in Coryphaena hippurus and C. equiselis, and notes on gonadal maturation in the latter species. Bull. Far Seas Fish. Res. Lab., 8: 79-113.
87. Tester, A.L., and E.L. Nakamura. - 1957. Catch rate, size, sex and food of tunas and other pelagic fishes taken by trolling off Oahu, Hawaii, 1951-1955. U.S. Fish. Wildl. Serv. Spec. Sci. Rep. Fish., 250: 1-25.
88. Wallace, D.H., and E.M. Wallace. - 1942. Observations on the feeding habits of white marlin, Tetrapterus albidus Poey. Dep. Res. Educ., Bd. Nat. Res. Publ. Chesapeake Biol. Lab. 50: 3-10
89. Webb, P.W. - 1981. Division of labor between median fins in swimming dolphin (Pisces: Coryphaenidae). Copeia, 1981: 901-904.
90. Williams, F. - 1956. A report on a preliminary survey of the pelagic fishes of east Africa. Col. Off. Fish. Publ., 8: 1-50.
91. Windell, J.T. - 1971. Food analysis and rate of digestion. In: W.E. Ricker (ed.), Fish production in freshwaters, pp. 215-226. Blackwell, Oxford,
92. Wootton, R. J. - 1994. Ecology of teleost fishes. Chapman and Hall, London, 404 pp.