Feeding ecology of hairtail Trichiurus margarites and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the Beibu Gulf, the South China Sea

Yunrong Yan; Gang Hou; Junlan Chen; Huosheng Lu; Xianshi Jin

doi:10.1007/s00343-011-0004-z

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Feeding ecology of hairtail Trichiurus margarites and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the Beibu Gulf, the South China Sea

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- Feeding ecology of hairtail Trichiurus margarites and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the Beibu Gulf, the South China Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 29, Issue 1, Pages: 174-183(2011)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. College of Fisheries and Center of South China Sea Fisheries Resources Monitoring and Assessment Guangdong Ocean University
  3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  4. Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-011-0004-z
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- Online First：15 January 2011，
  
  Published：2011
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Yan, Y., Hou, G., Chen, J. et al. Feeding ecology of hairtail Trichiurus margarites and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the Beibu Gulf, the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 174–183 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0004-z
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Yan, Y., Hou, G., Chen, J. et al. Feeding ecology of hairtail Trichiurus margarites and largehead hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the Beibu Gulf, the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 174–183 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0004-z DOI：

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We evaluated the feeding ecology of largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus) and hairtail (T. margarites). We collected specimens from fishing ports in the Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tonkin) from October 2008 to September 2009 and analyzed their gut contents. We collected 857 T. lepturus and 666 T. margarites samples. The number of stomachs examined in this study was sufficient to describe the monthly and ontogenetic diet shifts for the two species

as indicated by the trophic diversity curves. T. lepturus was a general omnivore

feeding primarily on Bregmaceros rarisquamosu

Decapterus maruadsi

and Acetes chinensis. Conversely

T. margarites preyed primarily on D. maruadsi

B. rarisquamosus

B. nectabanus

and A. chinensis. Both species exhibited distinct ontogenetic diet shifts. Although the two hairtail specie fed on similar sources in the same habitat

the diet overlap was relatively low. Our results suggest that hairtail play an important role in controlling small pelagic and benthic fish populations in the gulf. This trophic correlation shall be used for developing a marine ecosystem model for the Beibu Gulf.

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