Short-term foraging patterns of individual cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii, based on stomach content analysis

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-80

  Takeuchi, Naoko ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroaki ^a   Gushima, Kenji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Fistulariidae; Piscivore; Prey; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; FISTULARIA; FISTULARIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0036018803     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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