Feeding habits of the black anglerfish, Lophius budegassa (Osteichthyes: Lophiidae), off the Tunisian coast (central Mediterranean)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-122

  Negzaoui Garali, Nawaim ^a   Ben Salem, Mohamed ^a   Capapé, Christian ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Diet; Feeding habits; Lophiidae; Lophius budegassa; Osteichthyes; Tunisian coast

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; PREY AVAILABILITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNISIAN SHELF;

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; GASTROPODA; LOPHIIDAE; LOPHIIFORMES; LOPHIUS BUDEGASSA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; OSTEICHTHYES; TRACHURUS MEDITERRANEUS;

EID: 48549105944     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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