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Feeding of piscivorous Japanese Spanish mackerel juveniles on larvae with an elongate and laterally compressed body
Author(s) -
Shoji J.,
Tanaka M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2004.00416.x
Subject(s) - biology , larva , predation , fishery , zoology , anatomy , ecology
Scomberomorus niphonius juveniles were fed with alternative prey differing in body shape: elongate and laterally compressed (clupeid or gobiid larvae) and deep‐framed bodies (paralichthyid larvae) in aquaria. The ratio of prey larvae with elongate and laterally compressed body: prey larvae with deep‐framed body in the aquaria was 1 : 1. The juveniles fed almost exclusively on the larvae with an elongate and laterally compressed body.