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Observations on the food and feeding habits of the Ttorpedo trevally Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus) from Vizhinjam bay

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Title Observations on the food and feeding habits
of the Ttorpedo trevally Megalaspis
cordyla (Linnaeus) from
Vizhinjam bay
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Creator Sreenivasan,P V
 
Subject food and feeding habits
Torpedo trevally
Megalaspis
cordyla
 
Description Not Available
A study of the food and feeding habits of Megalaspis cordyla based on an
examination of 1692 specimens revealed that it is a pelagic carnivorous feeder,
subsisting mainly on Stolephorus spp.; Leiogiiathus spp., Gazza &p., Carangoides
spp., fish juveniles, fish larvae, alima larvae of Squilla spp., Acetes spp., amphipods,
Squilla spp., Lucifer spp., megalopa larvae of crab, prawn juveniles, copepods,
euphausids, pteropods, Sepia spp., and Nereis spp. were the other food items recorded.
The intensity of feeding decreased with advancement of maturity. Feeding
was observed to be comparatively higher during night than by day.
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Date 2021-08-11T10:05:25Z
2021-08-11T10:05:25Z
1974
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/54847
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR