Food items reported for Mesoplodon bidens
n = 47
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Taonius pavo Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Discoteuthis laciniosa Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus fabricii Norway juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis meleagroteuthis Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Galeichthys Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diretmus argenteus Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gonostoma elongatum (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Epigonus telescopus Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadiculus argenteus Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gonostoma denudatum Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coelorinchus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coryphaenoides sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nezumia bairdii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odontomacrurus murrayi Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Poromitra capito Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scopelogadus beanii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanonus zugmayeri Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius albidus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius bilinearis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Merluccius Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Nansenia Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadella imberbis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Guttigadus latifrons Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Laemonema barbatulum (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Moridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Benthosema glaciale (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bolinichthys supralateralis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Electrona risso Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hygophum hygomi (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampadena speculigera (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampanyctus spp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lobianchia gemellarii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diaphus sp. Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lampanyctus sp. Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Opisthoproctus soleatus Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arctozenus risso (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Paralepis Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paralichthys oblongus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phycis chesteri (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis chuss (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis tenuis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Scopelarchus Azores Is. juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Helicolenus dactylopterus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Serrivomer beanii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Polyipnus clarus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chauliodus spp. (not available) juv./adults
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