Diet of Atlantic lizardfish, Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Synodontidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Esposito, Valentina ^a   Battaglia, Pietro ^a   Castriota, Luca ^a   Finoia, Maria Grazia ^a   Scotti, Gianfranco ^a   Andaloro, Franco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean sea; Diet; Feeding habits; Ontogeny; Sicily; Synodontidae; Synodus saurus

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PELAGIC FISH; PREDATOR; PREY SIZE; SEASONALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CENTRACANTHIDAE; CLUPEIDAE; ENGRAULIDAE; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; SPARIDAE; SYNODONTIDAE; SYNODUS SAURUS;

EID: 67649540602     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n2369     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Andaloro, F. - 1994. Indagini sulle condizioni della fascia costiera della Sicilia settentrionale per la tutela, il ripopolamento e lo sfruttamento ottimale delle risorse biologiche. ICRAM Report, pp. 366.
2. Andaloro, F. - 2008. Studio della Surf-Zone in Tirreno meridionale attraverso l'analisi delle relazione trofiche tra benthos e comunità ittica. ICRAM Report, pp. 119.
3. Bauchot, M.L. - 1987. Poissons osseux. In: W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.), Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37, Vol. II., pp. 891-1421. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome.
4. Brambati, A., G. Catani, M. Celio and E. Colizza. - 1995. Primi risultati delle ricerche sedimentologiche nel bacino di Gioia e sulle coste della Sicilia settentrionale tra la foce del Fiume Pollina ed il Capo Peloro. In: F.M. Faranda (ed.), Caratterizzazione ambientale marina del sistema Eolie e dei bacini limitrofi di Cefalù e Gioia (EOCUMM 94). Data Rep., 303-316.
5. Castriota, L., M.P. Scarabello, M.G. Finoia, M. Sinopoli and F. Andaloro. - 2005a. Food and feeding habits of pearly razofish, Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758), in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: variation by sex and size. Environ. Biol. Fish., 72: 123-133.
6. Castriota, L., M.G. Finoia and F. Andaloro. - 2005b. Trophic interactions between Xyrichtys novacula (Labridae) and juvenile Pagrus pagrus (Sparidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. Electr. J. Ichthyol., 2: 54-60.
7. Castriota, L., M.G. Finoia, S. Campagnuolo, C. Pipitone and F. Andaloro. - 2006. Diet of juvenile Pagrus pagrus (Sparidae) from sandy bottoms of the southern Tyrrenian Sea. Cybium, 30(4): 291-295.
8. Chessel, D. and J. Thioulouse. - 1996. L'analyse discriminante des correspondances. Documentation Themalique ADE-4, Vol. 5, Section 6. Univ. Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Lyon.
9. Clarke, K.R. and R.M. Warwick. - 2001. Change in marine communities: an approach to statistical analysis and interpretation. 2nd edition. PRIMER-E Plymouth.
10. Cruz-Escalona, V.H., M.S. Peterson, L. Campos-Dávila and M. Zetina-Rejón. - 2005. Feeding habits and trophic morphology of inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens) on the central continental shelf off Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico. J. Appl. Ichthyol., 21: 525-530.
11. Ferry, L.A. and G.M. Caillet. - 1996. Samples size and data analysis: are we characterizing and comparing diet properly? In: D. MacKinley and K. Shearer (eds.), Feeding ecology and nutrition in fish. pp. 71-80, GUTSHOP'96, symposium proceedings of American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.
12. Golani, D. - 1993. The biology of the Red Sea migrant, Saurida undosquamis in the Mediterranean and comparison with the indigenous confamilial Synodus saurus (Teleostei: Synodontidae). Hydrobiologia, 271: 109-117.
13. Hacunda, J.S. - 1981. Trophic relationships among demersal fishes in a coastal area of the Gulf of Maine. Fish. Bull., 79: 775-788.
14. Hyslop, E.J. - 1980. Stomach content analysis: A review of methods and their application. J. Fish. Biol., 17: 411-422.
15. Kagiwara, F. and V. Abilhôa. - 2000. A alimentação do peixe-lagarto Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) em um banco areno-lodoso da Ilha do Mel, Paraná, Brasil. Arq. Ciên. Vet. Zool. Unipar, Umuarama, 3(1): 9-17.
16. Keenleyside, M.H.A. - 1979. Diversity and Adaptation in Fish Behaviour. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
17. Matarrese, A., M. Panza and F. Mastrototaro. - 1996. Accrescimento di Spicara flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1810) nel mar Ionio. Biol. Mar. Medit., 3(1): 553-556.
18. Montalenti, G. - 1937. Maenidae. In: G. Bardi, R. Friedländer e Sohn (eds.), Fauna e flora del Golfo di Napoli: Uova, larve e stadi giovanili di Teleostei, 38(2-3): 383-390.
19. Paxton, J.R. - 1967. A distributional analysis for the Lanternfishes (Family Myctophidae) of the San Pedro Basin, California. Copeia, 2: 422-440.
20. Pinkas, L., M.S. Olipham and I.L.K. Iverson. - 1971. Food habits of albacore, bluefin tuna and bonito in Californian waters. Calif. Fish Game, 152: 1-105.
21. Scotto di Carlo, B., G. Costanzo, E. Fresi, L. Guglielmo and A. Ianora. - 1982. Feeding ecology and stranding mechanisms in two lanternfishes, Hygophum benoiti and Myctophum punctatum. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, 9: 13-24.
22. Sousa, L., J.P. Barreiros, M.S.C. Soares, M. Hostim-Silva and R.S. Santos. - 2003. Preliminary notes on the reproductive biology of the lizardfish, Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actynopterygii: Synodontidae) in the Azores. Cybium, 27(1): 41-45.
23. Soares, M.S.C., J.P. Barreiros, L. Sousa and R.S. Santos. - 2002. Agonistic and predatory behaviour of the lizardfish Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii: Synodontidae) from the Azores. Aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol., 6(2): 53-60.
24. Soares, M.S.C., L. Sousa and J.P. Barreiros. - 2003. Feeding habits of lizardfish Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Actinopterygii: Synodontidae) from the Azores. Aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol, 7(1): 29-38.
25. Sulak, K.J - 1986. Synodontidae. In: P.J.P. Whitehead, M.L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.), Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, vol. 1, pp. 405-411. UNESCO, Paris.
26. Tramontana, M., P. Colantoni and F. Fanucci. - 1995. Risultati preliminari delle indagini morfologico-sedimentologiche condotte nell'ambito del progetto EOCUMM 94. In: F.M. Faranda (ed.), Caratterizzazione ambientale marina del sistema Eolie e dei bacini limitrofi di Cefalù e Gioa (EOCUMM 94). Data Rep., 331-338.