Food items reported for Alepisaurus ferox
n = 116
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Argonauta sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Japetella diaphana (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified cephalopods (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Chiroteuthis spp. Hawaii adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Liocranchia reinhardti (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abraliopsis sp. (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Histioteuthis sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Doryteuthis opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo opalescens USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Octopoteuthis sp. (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Taningia danae (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Taningia danae (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ocythoe tuberculata USA juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ocythoe tuberculata (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ornithoteuthis volatilis (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onychoteuthis banksii (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onykia carriboea (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Moroteuthis sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Onykia sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Heteroteuthis sp. (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified Russia juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Thysanoteuthis rhombus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Vitreledonella richardi (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Alepisaurus ferox Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anoplogaster cornuta Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Epigonus fragilis Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nansenia sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pterycombus petersii Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bregmaceros sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Antigonia rubescens (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Chaetodon sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Chiasmodon niger Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chiasmodon sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Citharoides macrolepis (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Russia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Aliosoma sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hemilepidotus spp. Russia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diretmoides sp. (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Erythrocles schlegelii Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Encrasicholina punctifer Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Fistularia corneta Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diplospinus multistriatus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gempylus serpens Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nealotus tripes Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paradiplospinus gracilis Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Promethichthys prometheus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rexea prometheoides (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rhynchactis leptonema Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bonapartia pedaliota (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Vinciguerria nimbaria Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Linophryne sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odontomacrurus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanocetus johnsoni Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanocetus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lyconus sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Eutaeniophorus festivus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Parataeniophorus gulosus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paramonocanthus barnardi (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Physiculus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Muraenesox sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Diaphus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cubiceps panciradiatus (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Cubiceps sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Psenes cyanophrys Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Omosudis lowei Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lactoria diaphana (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ostracoberyx sp. (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Paralepis elongata (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sudis hyalina Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synagrops sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Vinciguerria sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Priacanthus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Russia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cololabis saira Russia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberomorus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus albacares Mauritius juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ectreposebastes imus Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Setarches guentheri Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sternoptyx diaphana Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sternoptyx obscura Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sternoptyx pseudobscura Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tylerius spinossimus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachipterus arawatae Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachipterus sp. Hawaii juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Triacanthodes sp. (not available) adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Sargassum sp. (not available) adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified Hyperiidea (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Brachyscelus crusculum (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Platyscelus armatus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Platyscelus ovoides (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Eupronoe armata (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Charybdis sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Acanthephyra sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Janicella spinicauda (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Oplophorus gracilirostris (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Oplophorus sp. (not available) adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Oxycephalus porcelus Hawaii adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Gennadas sp. (not available) adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Janicella spinicauda (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Oplophorus gracilirostris (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified penaeids (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Natosquilla investigatoris (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Carinaria lamarcki Hawaii juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Bolitaena sp. Hawaii juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Japetella sp. Hawaii juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Octopus sp. (not available) adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates Salpa sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unidentified tunicates (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians Fritillaria sp. Hawaii juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified polychaetes (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Himantolophus sp. (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Megalopa (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans stomatopods larvae (not available) recruits/juv.
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