Composition of piscine prey in the diet of large pelagic fish in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1063-1074

  Moteki, Masato ^a,c   Arai, Masumi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kotaro ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dolphinfish; Eastern Pacific; Food habits; Lancetfish; Pelagic thresher; Striped marlin; Swordfish; Tunas

Indexed keywords

ALEPISAURIDAE; ALEPISAURUS; ALEPISAURUS FEROX; ALOPIAS PELAGICUS; BRAMIDAE; CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE; EXOCOETIDAE; GEMPYLIDAE; HEMIRAMPHIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PARALEPIDIDAE; PHOSICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; PSEUDOMUGIL; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STERNOPTYCHIDAE; TETRAPTURUS; TETRAPTURUS AUDAX; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ALBACARES; THUNNUS OBESUS; VERTEBRATA; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 0035675213     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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