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Feeding ecology of black scorpion fish (Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758) in SE Black Sea region, (Ordu) Turkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2020

Mehmet Aydin Open the ORCID record for Mehmet Aydin [Opens in a new window]  and
Rahşan Evren Mazlum Open the ORCID record for Rahşan Evren Mazlum [Opens in a new window]
Mehmet Aydin
Affiliation:
Ordu University, Fatsa Faculty of Marine Sciences, TR-52400, Ordu, Turkey
Rahşan Evren Mazlum*
Affiliation:
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries, TR-53100, Rize, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Rahşan Evren Mazlum, E-mail: evren.mazlum@erdogan.edu.tr
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Abstract

Black scorpion fish (Scorpaena porcus) is an important species for both artisanal and industrial fisheries in the Turkish Black Sea, with 306 tonnes landed in 2017. The diet composition of this species was investigated through the examination of their stomach contents. A total of 621 S. porcus (ranging from 12.79–765.5 g) were caught by trammel net in the south-eastern Black Sea (Turkish waters) from December 2015 to November 2016. The importance of prey items in the diet of S. porcus was assessed using the Index of Relative Importance (%IRI). Overall, the dominant species was the isopod Idotea balthica (52.8%IRI) followed by decapods (38.5%IRI) and teleosts (8.7%IRI). Seasonal variations in the diets were observed, with isopods predominant in autumn (>85%IRI), teleosts in winter (>77%IRI) and decapod crustaceans (>78%IRI) in spring and summer. The modified Costello's graphical analysis evinced a specialist feeding strategy for S. porcus during winter, spring and autumn while a shift to generalistic feeding strategy was exhibited in summer by a limited number of S. porcus individuals.

Keywords

Diet compositionfeeding behaviouropportunistic feedingpreyScorpaenidaespecialist feeding
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 3 , May 2020 , pp. 435 - 444
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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