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Food items reported for Sphyrna zygaena
n = 85
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified cephalopod remains South Africa juv./adults
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified chondrichthyian remains South Africa juv./adults
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified fish remains Peru juv./adults
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified teleost remains South Africa adults
detritus detritus carcasses unspecified teleost remains South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ancistrocheirus lesueurii Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Architeuthis dux Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Chiroteuthis sp. South Africa adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus antarcticus Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Stigmatoteuthis hoylei Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Doryteuthis (Amerigo) gahi Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo reynaudii South Africa adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo reynaudii South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Mastigoteuthis dentata Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Octopoteuthis sicula Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Dosidicus gigas Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ommastrephes bartramii Peru juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ommastrephidae South Africa adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ommastrephidae South Africa juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ornithoteuthis volatilis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes sp. South Africa adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onychoteuthis banksii Global juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Thysanoteuthis rhombus Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Galeichthys feliceps South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odontesthes regia Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Selene brevoortii Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus capensis South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus murphyi Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chaetodon marleyi South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cheilodactylus sp. South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Opisthonema libertate Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Congiopodus sp. South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Conger sp. South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gnathophis capensis South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cynoglossus sp. South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anchoa nasus Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis ringens Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Engraulidae Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified finfishes (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Fistulariidae Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Coelorinchus spp. South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius capensis South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius gayi peruanus Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Genypterus capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argyrosomus hololepidotus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus scombroides Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox scombroides South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber japonicus Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hemanthias peruanus Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lithognathus mormyrus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pterogymnus laniarius South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pterogymnus laniarius South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sarpa salpa South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Peprilus sp. Peru juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidopus caudatus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chelidonichthys capensis South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chelidonichthys queketti South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Squalus megalops South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods Sepia spp. South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Argonauta sp. South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi unspecified Octopodea Peru juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Ocythoe sp. South Africa juv./adults
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