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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Xiphias gladius
 
Main Ref. Orsi Relini, L., F. Garibaldi, C. Cima and G. Palandri, 1995
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 135.00 TL
Sample size 129 Percent empty
Country Italy Locality Ligurian Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Xiphias gladius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
31.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults benth. crustaceans
68.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Todarodes sagittatus Cephalopods (Todarodes sagittatus, Ommastrephes bartramii)
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