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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Tetrapturus pfluegeri
 
Main Ref. Júnior, T.V., C.M. Vooren and R.P. Lessa, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 152.50 FL
Sample size 37 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Southwestern equatorial Atlantic, October 1992-December 1999
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Tetrapturus pfluegeri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
73.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Gempylus serpens Acanthurus sp. 0.1 Balistes vetula 2.9 Brama brama 14.6 Caranx sp. 0.3 Cypselurus spp. 1.3 Dactylopterus volitans 1.7 Gempylus serpens 15.9 Holocentridae 1.9 Kali parri 0.4 Teleostei 34.0
27.00 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Ornithoteuthis antillarum Cranchiidae 0.2 Hyaloteuthis pelagica 3.2 Octopodidae 0.1 Omnastrephes bartramii 1.3 Ornithoteuthis antillarum 18.8 Sthenoteuthis pteropus 0.5 Tremoctopus violaceus 2.9
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