Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition Sphyrna lewini
n = 12
Main Food Percent
Trophic Level
(y)
Predator Life Stage Country Locality Ref.
nekton 62 4.1 juv./adults - Not stated. 33559
nekton 88 4.5 recruits/juv. USA Inshore south of Cape Hatteras and Northwest Atlantic 37512
nekton 65 4.0 recruits/juv. Hawaii Kane'ohe Bay, August 1995 to May 1998. 50476
nekton 21 4.3 juv./adults Mexico Puerto Madero; in the south-eastern Gulf of Tehuantepec 121211
nekton 26 4.0 recruits/juv. USA Northwest Florida (Crooked Island Sound and the gulf side of St. Vincent Island) 121209
nekton 15 4.5 recruits/juv. Mexico Mazatla, Sinaloa (coast of Southern Gulf of California) 121214
nekton 17 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa Kwazulu-Natal 121213
nekton 18 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 121213
nekton 32 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 121213
nekton 18 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 121213
nekton 14 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 121213
nekton 16 4.5 recruits/juv. South Africa KwaZulu-Natal 121213
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