Food items reported for Elops saurus
n = 38
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cathorops spixii Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oligoplites sp. Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anchoa parva Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anchovia clupeoides Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diapterus rhombeus Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mugil incilis Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Poecilia sp. Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micropogonias sp. Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Colombia juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Eleotridae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Gerreidae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Gobiidae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Haemulidae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Ophichthidae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Sciaenidae Brazil recruits/juv.
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified Teleostei Brazil recruits/juv.
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects unspecified Blattodea Brazil recruits/juv.
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects unspecified Hemiptera Brazil recruits/juv.
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects unspecified Lepidoptera Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Callinectes sp. Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified Amphipoda Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified Decapoda Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified Penaeidae Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus aztecus Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Xiphopenaeus froyeri Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Farfantepenaeus aztecus Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unspecified Corixidae Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unspecified Dysticidae Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Anchoa clupeoides Colombia juv./adults
zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids unspecified Polychaeta Brazil recruits/juv.
zoobenthos worms non-annelids unspecified Nematoda Brazil recruits/juv.
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