Feeding habits of four species of mesopelagic fishes from the Northern Chilean

 

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Autores: Oliva A., Eduardo, Ulloa H., Raul, Bleck Z., Jorge
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2006
Descripción:The feeding habits of four species of mesopelagic fishes from northern Chile are described: Triphoturus mexicanus, Diogenichtys atlanticus, Vinciguerria lucetia and Cyclothone acclinidens. Samples were captured in September 1988 between 18°25’ and 19°09’S in the South West Pacific. The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the stomach content showed that the species have a zooplanktophagous opportunistic behavior,mainly predating on Crustaceans, especially on Copepods. The evaluation of the trophic spectrum and diversity of T. mexicanus and C. acclinidens suggests that these are nictoepipelagic species, while D. atlanticus and V. lucetia would be typical mesopelagic.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/13936
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/13936
Palabra clave:stomach content analysis
mesopelagic fishes
Northern Chile
contenidos estomacales
peces mesopelágicos
norte
Chile