Stomach content analyses of the threadfin anglerfish Lophiodes spilurus (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) associated with deepwater shrimp fisheries from the central Pacific of Costa Rica

Stomach content analyses of the threadfin anglerfish Lophiodes spilurus (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) associated with deepwater shrimp fisheries from the central Pacific of Costa Rica

Our knowledge of deepwater ecosystems along the Pacific of Central America is extremely limited. We analyzed the diet composition of 200 adult specimens of Lophiodes spilurus ranging in size from 7.8 to 17.8 cm total length (TL). Samples were obtained from deep bottom trawls (depth: 105-238 m) along...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mario Espinoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2008-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
composición alimenticia
profundidad
Lophiodes spilurus
Pacífico de Costa Rica
presas
traslape alimenticio
diet composition
deepwater
Pacific of Costa Rica
prey items
overlap
Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442008000400029

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