Food items reported for Thunnus albacares
n = 114
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Argonauta argo Philippines adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Chiroteuthis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abralia sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified enoploteuthid cephalopod (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Doryteuthis opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepioteuthis lessoniana (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Uroteuthis duvauceli (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sp. Philippines adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lycoteuthtis sp. South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Dosidiscus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Hyaloteuthis pelagica Australia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex argentinus Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex coindetii (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ommastrephes South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ornithoteuthis volatilis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onychoteuthis banksii Global juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onychoteuthis borealijaponica (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onykia carriboea Global juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Thysanoteuthis rhombus Senegal juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Thysanoteuthis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Alepisaurus brevirostris (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Alepisaurus ferox (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anotopterus pharao (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudobalistis flabamarginatus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudobalistis fuscus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Centroberyx spinosus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Brama dussumieri Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Brama sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Collybus drachme (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pteraclis carolinus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pteraclis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Taractes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Antigonia rubescens (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Alectes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus macrosoma Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Elagatis bipinnulatus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Selar sp. Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified carangids (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudoscopelus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coryphaena hippurus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis australis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cypselurus sp. Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Exocoetus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hirundichthys rondeletii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified fishes Cape Verde juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gempylus serpens (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nealotus tripes (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Neoepinnula orientalis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Kyphosus sp. Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Zenion sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Aluterus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Monacanthus sp. Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Monacanthus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diaphus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Myctophum sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cubiceps sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lactoria cornuta (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lactoria diaphana (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paralepis elongata (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Vinciguerria nimbaria (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Vinciguerria sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rachycentron canadum Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis thazard thazard (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis thazard thazard Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Euthynnus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Katsuwonus pelamis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sarda sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus albacares (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argyropelecus aculeatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sternoptyx diaphana (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippocampus sp. Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arothron immaculatus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachipterus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atrophacanthus japonicus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Benthodesmus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trichiurus lepturus Philippines adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trichiurus lepturus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Brachyura sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Charybdis sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Portunus sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Nephrops sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Palinustus mossambicus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Palinustus mossambicus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sergestes sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Solenocera sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Lysiosquilla sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unspecified cephalopods Cape Verde juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks Carinaria sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Argonauta sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Octopus sp. Philippines adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Illex coindetii (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified ctenophores Fiji juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unspecified ctenophores (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unspecified crustaceans Cape Verde juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Phyllosoma larvae (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified (not available) juv./adults
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