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Feeding of Centroscyllium fabricii and the influence of discards on its diet in Flemish Pass (north-west Atlantic)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2000

Antonio Punzón  and
Miguel Angel Herrera
Antonio Punzón
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Apdo. 240, 39080 Santander, Spain
Miguel Angel Herrera
Affiliation:
Hunt Delter, PO Box 14 Victoria-Mahe, Seychelles
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Abstract

One hundred and fifty-one Centroscyllium fabricii stomachs containing food were analysed on board freezer vessels in north-west Atlantic in 1992. Three length groups were established to study variations in diet with length. The most important prey group was waste products from fish processing by the fleet and fish. Diet varied with length, smaller specimens feeding on crustaceans and molluscs, offal and fish forming the main prey in larger predators.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 755 - 756
Copyright
2000 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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