Food items reported for Thalasseus bergii
n = 85
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Unspecified cephalopod (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unspecified Loliginidae South Africa adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana Australia adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthida Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Apogonidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atherinidae Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Atherinidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Belone belone belone Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Blenniidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Blenniidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Caranx sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus declivis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus mediterraneus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus symmetricus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Macroramphosus scolopax (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Clinidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupeidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus teres Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardina pilchardus Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sprattus sprattus Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Clupeidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Congridae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Dussumieriidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis anchoita Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis australis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus South Africa juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis mordax Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis ringens Australia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Engraulidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Amblygaster sirm (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Beloniformes (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chrysophrys auratus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Congridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gonorychus greyii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Johnius australis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Kyphosidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Leiognathus moretoniensis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Monacanthidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Monocanthidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nemipteridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odacidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ophichthidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Plotosus anguillaris (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pristotis jerdoni (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scaridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sillago maculata (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Syngnathidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tetraodontidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gobiidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Holocentridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Labridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Ophichthidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Ophidiidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified fish (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pomacentridae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Pomatomidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cololabis saira Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus saurus Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus scombroides Namibia adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sebastidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish Soleidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Soleidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Syngnathidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Tetraodontidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Trichiuridae South Africa adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Triglidae South Africa adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified fish (not available) juv./adults
others others n.a./others Others Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Decapods Australia juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Clupea pallasii Namibia adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Brachyura Australia adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Shrimps, prawns Australia adults
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