LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Feeding habits of Urotrygon microphthalmum (Myliobatiformes: Urotrygonidae) caught off northeastern Brazil

Santander-Neto, Jones; Freitas, Dante J. V; Bornatowski, Hugo; Lessa, Rosângela.

Neotrop. ichthyol; 19 (4), 2021

The feeding habits of Urotrygon microphthalmum, a Critically Endangered (CR) species, were investigated through stomach contents analysis from specimens caught on bottom double rigged otter trawls in Pernambuco state, Brazil, between March of 2010 and March of 2012. A total of 338 stomachs were analyzed,...

Conducta Alimentaria, Elasmobranquios/metabolismo, Estómago

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Feeding habits of the cockfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus (Holocephali: Callorhinchidae) from off northern Argentina

Roman, Jorge M; Chierichetti, Melisa A; Barbini, Santiago A; Scenna, Lorena B.

Neotrop. ichthyol; 18 (1), 2020

The feeding habits of Callorhinchus callorynchus were investigated in coastal waters off northern Argentina. The effect of body size, seasons and regions was evaluated on female diet composition using a multiple-hypothesis modelling approach. Callorhinchus callorynchus fed mainly on bivalves (55.61% PSIR...

Elasmobranquios/metabolismo, Elasmobranquios/fisiología, Conducta Alimentaria/clasificación, Niveles Tróficos

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