20.500.12556/DiRROS-20514 Diet of three cryptobenthic clingfish species and the factors influencing it Cryptobenthic fish are small benthic fish species that normally live in various hiding places. Due to their large numbers, they are very important for energy transfer to higher trophic levels. However, due to their small size and hidden lifestyle, knowledge about them and their ecology, including their diet, is still limited. Using a non-destructive method based on faecal pellets, we investigated the diet of three clingfish species, Lepadogaster lepadogaster, L. candolii, and Apletodon incognitus, in the shallow northern Adriatic Sea. To better understand the results, we studied the fauna of potential prey in the habitats of the fish studied and also took fish specimens to observe their behaviour in the laboratory. The three species feed predominantly on crustaceans, particularly amphipods, copepods, and decapods. The proportion of the different taxa in the diet depends on the species of clingfish, the size of the specimens, and the size of the prey. In addition, the behaviour of the fish, the home range of the specimens, and the availability of food played an important role. The presence of certain crustacean groups in the environment also determines the occurrence of clingfish of different species and sizes. cryptobenthic fish clingfish species diet diet habits non-destructive method faecal pellets crustaceans northern Adriatic Sea kriptobentoške ribe vrsta oprijemljive ribe prehrana prehranske navade nedestruktivna metoda fekalni peleti raki severno Jadransko morje Lepadogaster lepadogaster Lepadogaster candolii Apletodon incognitus true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-10-03 14:54:16 2024-10-03 14:54:16 2024-10-04 03:35:25 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorji: Danijel Ivajnšič, Marcelo Kovačić and Lovrenc Lipej; Opis vira z dne 3. 10. 2024; str. 1-22 art. no. ǂ2835 iss. 19 Oct. 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-10-01 574 2076-2615 10.3390/ani14192835 210133763 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14192835 1 9bcea506-8186-11ef-a5bf-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28919 RAZ_Trkov_Domen_2024.pdf RAZ_Trkov_Domen_2024.pdf 1 0C1F2EE0BC94927DD65DA5158E549E67 1c23d015524b0fd59eeb5f02e550fb31affc33a2fd281e3ff3fe1fdfebcce0a1 b49403fe-8186-11ef-a5bf-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28920 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0