Food items reported for Trichiurus lepturus
n = 56
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abralia sp. India juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo chinensis Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sanpaulensis Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Uroteuthis duvauceli India juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex argentinus Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia brevimana India juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia brevimana India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Actinopterygii Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified anchovies (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified atherinids (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bregmaceros lanceolatus Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified bregmacerotids (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Caranx sp. India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified carangoids (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinella fimbriata India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Conger conger India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Encrasicholina heteroloba Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gazza minuta India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Leiognathidae Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Upeneus vittatus India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gavialiceps taiwanensis Chinese Taipei adults
nekton finfish bony fish Benthosema pterotum Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diaphus signatus Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified myctophiids (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nemipterus bleekeri India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nemipterus japonicus India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified sardines (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified sciaenids (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber sp. (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified sphyraenids (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri Brazil adults
nekton finfish bony fish Harpadon microchir Chinese Taipei juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Saurida undosquamis India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trichiuru lepturus Chinese Taipei adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trichiurus lepturus India juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trichiurus sp. (not available) adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified portunid crabs India juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Scyllarus sp. India juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified India juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unspecified shrimps Chinese Taipei juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Nematopalaemon hastatus Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Nematopalaemon tenuipes Chinese Taipei juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika taiwanica Chinese Taipei adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Farfantepenaeus notialis Senegal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus notialis Senegal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla sp. India juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Octopus sp. India juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified Argentina juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified India juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Pasiphaea sinensis Chinese Taipei adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Acetes intermedius Chinese Taipei juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Sergia lucens Chinese Taipei adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Acartia (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Oncaea sp. (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Paracalanus (not available) recruits/juv.
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