Open AccessFOOD OF Kyphosus elegans (PERCIFORMES: KHYPOSIDAE) IN LORETO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MÉXICO
Author(s) -
V. V. Cruz-Escalona,
Ruth Noemí Águila-Ramírez,
Leonardo Andrés Abitía-Cárdenas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cicimar oceánides
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-9123
pISSN - 1870-0713
DOI - 10.37543/oceanides.v24i1.53
Subject(s) - perciformes , biology , humanities , sargassum , geography , fishery , botany , fish <actinopterygii> , art , algae
This study describes the diet of the Chopa del Mar de Cortés Kyphosus elegans (Peters, 1869) in the area of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Fish (N = 55) were captured in April and July 1997. The seagrass of the Sea of Cortez is considered a general herbivore, however there is not enough data to support this conclusion. Stomach contents are identified a total of 13 genera of algae and one of seagrass. The brown algae Sargassum spp. was the most frequent food and with greater contribution by weight. It was concluded that K. elegans is a primary consumer with a marked preference for Sargassum spp.