Food and Feeding Habits Summary Prionace glauca
 
Main Ref. Hernandez-Aguilar, S.B., O. Escobar-Sanchez, F. Galvan-MagaƱa and L.A. Abitia-Cardenas, 2015
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 368 Percent empty 43
Country Mexico Locality off the west coast of Baja California Sur
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Prionace glauca
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Scomber japonicus %W=0.7
0.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Prionace glauca %W=0.8
1.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Pleuroncodes planipes %W=1.2
3.30 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopods %W=3.3
0.20 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish juv./adults unspecified fishes %W=0.2
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Argonauta spp. %W=0.3
0.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Liocranchia reinhardti %W=0.3
0.40 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Pholidoteuthis boschmai %W=0.4
0.70 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Onychoteuthis banksii %W=0.7
1.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis dofleini %W=1.5
5.51 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Thysanoteuthis rhombus %W=5.5
7.91 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Dosidicus gigas %W=7.9
18.02 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Haliphron atlanticus %W=18
22.42 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Ancistrocheirus lesueurii %W = 22.4
36.74 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatus californiensis %W=36.7
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