Feeding habits of the Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) in the southern Tyrrhenian sea

Feeding strategies and ecological roles of three predatory pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea

“…Ocean indicates that these three species are considered opportunistic and very voracious predators (Salman, 2004;Campo et al, 2006;Falautano et al, 2007;Romeo et al, 2009). In particular, little tunny and Atlantic bonito have an apparent preference for finfish, especially clupeoid species such as sardines Sardina pilchardus, and anchovies Engraulis encrasicolus, although their diet also includes other fin-fish species, crustaceans and cephalopods (e.g.…”

“…Campo et al, 2006;Falautano et al, 2007;Romeo et al, 2009), and are practically absent from some areas where these species are of high economic interest such as the western Mediterranean Sea. This lack of knowledge precluded their inclusion in ecosystem-based models aiming at assessing the impacts of fishing and climate variation and describing ecosystem functioning in this Mediterranean area (Coll et al, 2006;Corrales et al, 2015).…”

Flesh Qualitative Traits of Tub Gurnard (Chelidonichthys LucernaL.), A Promising Species Candidate for Aquaculture, Captured in the Middle Adriatic Sea in Different Seasons

“…Comparing tub gurnard with other fish species, the species demonstrates to have relatively lower lipid content (Murdock, 2002;Gogus and Smith, 2010). In several fish caught from fisheries the fat content changed with season (Osman et al, 2001;Zlatanos and Laskaridis, 2007;Celik, 2008), feeding habits (Campo et al, 2006), catch location Brambilla et al, 2013), sexual maturity (Sargent et al, 2002;Zaboukas et al, 2006) and their interactions. Therefore, this species may be grouped among the leaner fish harvested in the Mediterranean.…”

Vii Foro Iberoamericano De Los Recursos Marinos Y La Acuicultura

“…Las especies más observadas en el presente estudio en términos de porcentaje de ocurrencia y abundancia fueron boquerón y sardina, lo que sugiere que en la época en la que se realizó el muestreo el atún rojo de edad 0+ capturado en el Tirreno Sur depreda mayoritariamente organismos pelágicos pertenecientes al orden Clupeiformes. El hecho de que boquerón y sardina sean especies pelágicas costeras (Tortonese, 1975) sugiere que esta especie se alimenta principalmente en la zona nerítica en sus primeros estadíos de vida (Campo et al, 2006, Sinopoli et al, 2004. Por otro lado, Sinopoli et al (2004) relacionaron la presencia de presas mesopelágicas pertenecientes a la familia Paralepididae y Sternoptychidae con eventos de alimentación en aguas profundas.…”