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Throphic groups of demersal fish community from the continental shelf, Ubatuba, Brazil: I. Chrondrichthyes

Stomach contents of seven cartilaginous fish species were analysed with the aim to detect trophic groups. Sampling was effectuated between October/85 and July/87 off the coast of Ubatuba (São Paulo, Brazil) in waters up 50 m depth. The relative importance of different components of the diet was expressed as a percentage frequency of occurrence and percentage number. The seven species were grouped in: fish feeders - Squalus cubensis; benthonic crustacean and fish feeders - Raja castelnaui, Raja cyclophora, Raja agassizi; benthonic invertebrate feeders - Rhinobatos horkelii, Zapteryx brevirostris, Psammobatis glansdissimilis.

Marine fish; Feeding behaviour; Stomach content; Trophic structure; Interspecific relationships; Rhinobatidae; Rajidae; Squalidae; Ubatuba; Brazil


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