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Stomach content analysis of one bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus, Montague 1821) from the Adriatic Sea

This paper presents data on the prey of one bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Adriatic Sea and a comparison with other findings about the feeding of this species in the Mediterranean. The stomach contents of this bottlenose dolphin caught in a fishing net in the area near the town of Šibenik in December 1995 were examined. In the prey we identified 3 species of fish (conger eel, Conger conger ; hake, Merluccius merluccius and pandora, Pagellus erythrinus) and one cephalopod species (squid, Loligo vulgaris). It was found that these data are consistent with other data relating to dolphin feeding.

bottlenose dolphin ; Tursiops truncatus ; feeding

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