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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Thunnus thynnus
 
Main Ref. Sorell, J.M., J.L. Varela, N. Goñi, D. Macías, H. Arrizabalaga and A. Medina, 2017
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 61 Percent empty 27.87
Country Spain Locality Strait of Gibraltar, near Tarifa, southern Spain
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Thunnus thynnus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.07 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Arctozenus risso
0.17 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lampanyctus spp.
0.57 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified fishes
1.12 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ceratoscopelus maderensis
1.69 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Lepidopus caudatus
2.03 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Chauliodus sloani
2.53 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Myctophidae
10.27 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Notoscopelus spp.
10.34 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified mesopelagic fishes
14.56 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults unspecified Stomiidae
0.04 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults unspecified crustaceans
0.02 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults unspecified cephalopods
0.18 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea sivado
1.31 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea multidentata
2.54 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Acanthephyra pelagica
2.95 % zoobenthos benth. Crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Pasiphaea spp.
41.29 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Sergia robusta
2.59 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Illex coindetti
5.73 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis spp.
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