Food items reported for Sphyrna lewini
n = 162
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ancistrocheirus lesueurii Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abraliopsis (Pfefferiteuthis) affinis Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Abraliopsis affinis Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loliolopsis diomedeae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lolliguncula (Loliolopsis) diomedeae Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lolliguncula brevis USA recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lolliguncula diomedeae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unspecified Loliginidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Mastigoteuthis dentata Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Dosidicus gigas Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Dosidicus gigas Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex argentinus Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ornithoteuthis volatilis (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis Mexico juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified cephalopods (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish acanthurids Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Prionurus punctatus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish apogonids Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Ariidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish atherinids Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Balistes polylepis Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Canthidermis maculata Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Porichthys analis Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Strongylura exilis Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Bothidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Caranx caballus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chloroscombrus chrysurus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Chloroscombrus orqueta Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chloroscombrus orqueta Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Selar crumenophthalmus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Selar crumenophthalmus Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Selene peruviana Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Seriola peruana Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified maasbanker (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Carangidae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Brevoortia patronus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Brevoortia spp. USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Harengula jaguana USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Clupeidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Coryphaena spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Symphurus spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Remora remora Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anchoa ischana Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anchoa sp. USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Anchoa spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Encrasicholina purpurea Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Exocoetus volitans Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Exocoetidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Gerreidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Opua nephodes Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Oxyurichthys lochotus Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Orthopristis chrysoptera USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Pomadasys panamensis Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oxyporhamphus micropterus micropterus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oxyjulis californica Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Labridae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mugil cephalus Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish mugilids Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gymnothorax spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Muraenidae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Aplatophis spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ophichthus triserialis Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Brotula spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Citharichthys spp. USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Etropus crossotus Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Paralichthys woolmani Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish scarids Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Bairdiella chrysoura USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Cynoscion arenarius USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Cynoscion spp. USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Isopistus remifer Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Leiostomus xanthurus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Micropogonias undulatus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Stellifer lanceolatus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sciaenidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sciaenidae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis rochei Mexico adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis spp. Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Auxis spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Euthynnus lineatus Mexico adults
nekton finfish bony fish Euthynnus lineatus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Euthynnus lineatus Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Katsuwonus pelamis Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber japonicus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberomorus maculatus USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus albacares Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Paralabrax maculatofasciatus Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Serranidae Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sparidae USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Peprilus snyderi Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Saurida gracilis Hawaii recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Synodus evermanni Mexico juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synodus scituliceps Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Synodontidae USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Synodontidae Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified bluefishes Oman juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified sardines Oman juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Teleostei Mexico recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified teleosts USA recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified trevallies Oman juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified rays Oman juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified sharks Oman juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified Angiosperm USA recruits/juv.
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Halodule wrightii USA recruits/juv.
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Thalassia testudinum USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unspecified crabs USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Portunus sanguinolentus Hawaii recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unspecified Isopoda USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified crabs Oman juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified crustaceans Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified crustaceans USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Pleuroncodes planipes Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Pleuroncodes planipes Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus armillatus USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus sp. Hawaii recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unspecified shrimps USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Palaemon spp. USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Farfantepenaeus notialis Senegal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Litopenaeus spp. Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus californiensis Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus californiensis Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus duorarum USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus notialis Senegal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus setiferus USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus spp. USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Rimapenaeus constrictus USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Rimapenaeus pacificus Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Trachypenaeus spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Xiphopenaeus kroyeri USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Xiphopenaeus riveti Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sicyonia disdorsalis Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sicyonia spp. USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Cloridopsis dubia Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla biformis Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla empusa USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla mantoidea Mexico recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla sp. Hawaii recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods unspecified Stomatopoda USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Yoldia spp. USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unspecified Gastropoda USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unspecified cephalopods USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unspecified squids Oman juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks unspecified mollusks USA recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Argonauta nouryi Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Argonauta spp. Mexico recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unspecified Portunidae USA recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified (not available) juv./adults
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