Food and Feeding Habits Summary Galeorhinus galeus
 
Main Ref. Morato, T., E. Solà, M.P. Grós and G. Menezes, 2003
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 105.50 TL
Sample size 184 Percent empty
Country Azores Is. Locality northeastern Atlantic, March and May of 1996 and 1997.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Galeorhinus galeus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
98.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Capros aper Sternoptychidae 0.2 Synodontidae Synodus sp. 11.5 Caproidae Capros aper 25.6 Macroramphosidae Macroramphosus solopax 2.7 Carangidae Trachurus picturatus 7.6 Pagellus acarne 5.8 Pagellus bogaraveo 14.4 Pagellus spp. 11.7 Pagrus pagrus 0.1 Sparidae unidentified 0.5 Scombrudae Scomber japonicus 18.4
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.20 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Octopodidae Octopodidae 0.3
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