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Diet of longnose stingray Hypanus guttatus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in tropical coastal waters of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2019

Michel Donato Gianeti Open the ORCID record for Michel Donato Gianeti [Opens in a new window] ,
Leandro Yokota ,
Rosangela Paula Teixeira Lessa  and
June Ferraz Dias
Michel Donato Gianeti*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia da Reprodução e do Recrutamento de Organismos Marinhos, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP)- Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantan, São Paulo, SP, 05508-120, Brazil Laboratório de Ictiologia, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481 - Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, 04263-000, Brazil
Leandro Yokota
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Av. 24-A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro-SP, Brazil
Rosangela Paula Teixeira Lessa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura (DEPAq), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)- Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil
June Ferraz Dias
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia da Reprodução e do Recrutamento de Organismos Marinhos, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo (IOUSP)- Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, Butantan, São Paulo, SP, 05508-120, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: Michel Donato Gianeti, Email: michelgianeti@usp.br
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Abstract

This study investigated the diet of longnose stingray Hypanus guttatus in the tropical waters of north-eastern Brazil. Samples were obtained from monthly sampling of artisanal fisheries from August 2007 to July 2008. A total of 258 specimens were examined, 127 females and 131 males, and stomach contents analysis suggested H. guttatus to be a generalist and opportunistic predator feeding on the most available prey in the environment. There was no significant difference in the diet composition of males and females, or between seasons. However, an ontogenetic dietary shift was observed with larger individuals having an increased proportion of molluscs in the diet, whilst smaller individuals predated primarily on small crustaceans.

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DietHypanus guttatusnorth-eastern Brazil
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 8 , December 2019 , pp. 1869 - 1877
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2019 

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