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Diet and diel feeding activity of juvenile pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) (Teleostei: Carangidae) from the southern Adriatic, Croatia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2005

Mirna Batistić ,
Pero Tutman ,
Dubravka Bojanić ,
Bosko Skaramuca ,
Valter Kŏzul ,
Nik̆sa Glavić  and
Vlasta Bartulović
Mirna Batistić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Pero Tutman
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubravka Bojanić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Bosko Skaramuca
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Valter Kŏzul
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Nik̆sa Glavić
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries-Split, Laboratories Dubrovnik, Kneza D. Jude 12, PO Box 83, 20001 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Vlasta Bartulović
Affiliation:
Department for Aquaculture, University of Dubrovnik, Ćira Carića 4, 20 000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Abstract

Food and feeding activity of juvenile pompano Trachinotus ovatus (25–97 mm) collected in the summer–autumn in 2003 in coastal shallow-water bays in the south-eastern Adriatic were examined. Juvenile pompano were exclusively daytime feeders and fed in the entire water column, from surface to bottom taking not only plankton, but benthic and terrestrial species as well. Of 18 prey taxa identified, crustaceans—particularly copepods—were the major group, followed by benthic foraminiferans and insects. Feeding on benthic species is reported for the first time in this study.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 85 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 1533 - 1534
Copyright
© 2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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