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Feeding peculiarities of mass pelagic ichtyophagous fish from the Canary upwelling waters and frontal zones of Mauritania have been investigated: vadigo Campogramma glaycos, false scad Caranx rhonchus, bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix, Atlantic bonito Sarda sarda, West African Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus tritor, large-eyed hairtail Trichiurus lepturus and pompano Trachinotus ovatus. These species feed on epipelagic fish living or forming temporary agglomerations at the depths up to 200–250 m from the surface.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Gushchin, A. Corten, 2016, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2016, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 68–75.
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Program “Small Pelagic Fish,” IMROP-RIVO, 2002–2004: Mauritania, Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches, Netherlands, Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies.
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Gushchin, A.V., Corten, A. Feeding of pelagic fish in waters of Mauritania: 2. Representatives of Families Carangidae, Scombridae, Pomatomidae, and Trichiuridae. J. Ichthyol. 56, 98–106 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945216010045
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