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Diet composition of Young-of-the-Year Mediterranean horse mackerel, Trachurus mediterraneus (Carangidae), from the eastern central Adriatic Sea

Stomach contents of 214 specimens of Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner, 1868) were analyzed for diet composition. All specimens belong to the 1-year age group. Material was collected from the localities of Kornati Archipelago and Murter Island in the eastern central Adriatic, during 2008 and 2009. The prey species identified in the stomachs belong to six groups: Copepoda, Euphausiacea, Cladocera, Mysidacea, Amphipods (unidentified larvae), and teleost eggs. Copepods were the most important ingested prey followed by euphausiids and teleost eggs. Feeding intensity was very high as indicated by high stomach fullness index and low vacuity index.

Carangidae; Trachurus mediterraneus; juveniles; diet; Adriatic Sea.

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