Food and Feeding Habits Summary Makaira nigricans
 
Main Ref. JĂșnior, T.V., C.M. Vooren and R.P. Lessa, 2004
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 165.00 FL
Sample size 41 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 Makaira nigricans
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
72.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Brama brama Brama brama 8.5 Dactylopterus volitans 0.6 Decapterus punctatus 21.4 Diodon hystrix 0.1 Gempylus serpens 4.9 Holocentridae 0.3 Kali parri 0.1 Scombridae 15.4 Teleostei 21.1
27.60 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Hyaloteuthis pelagica Cephalopoda 0.3 Hyaloteuthis pelagica 3.6 Ocythoe tuberculata 0.2 Omnastrephes bartramii 9.1 Ornithoteuthis antillarum 9.9 Sthenoteuthis pteropus 0.9 Thysanoteuthis rombus 0.4 Tremoctopus violaceus 3.2
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