| Title: | ≠An ≠insight into the diet of the bull ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) in the Northern Adriatic Sea |
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| Authors: | ID Lipej, Lovrenc (Author)
ID Battistella, Riccardo (Author)
ID Mavrič, Borut (Author)
ID Ivajnšič, Danijel (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://zdjp.si/en/annales-series-historia-naturalis-35-2025-1/
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | This study provides baseline information on the feeding habits of the bull ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), in the Gulf of Venezia. Among 1557 prey items isolated from the stomachs of bull ray specimens, gastropods represented the overwhelming majority (93.8%). Within gastropods, Aporrhais pespelecani was the dominant species, followed by Gibbula magus and Bolinus brandaris – all characteristic elements of the biocoenosis of the muddy detritic bottom. We observed differences in prey structure between juveniles and adults, as well as sexes. Among fishes that proved to be particularly important in terms of biomass, the majority of prey items consisted of small pelagic fish, including pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) and horse mackerel (Trachurus sp.). This paper contributes new data on the feeding ecology of a lesser known and critically endangered batoid species. |
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| Keywords: | myliobatids, feeding ecology, nursery, Gulf of Venice, batoids, endangered species, marine biology |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.07.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 43-54 |
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| Numbering: | Let. 35, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-22851  |
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| UDC: | 502.1 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1408-533X |
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| DOI: | 10.19233/ASHN.2025.07 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 241249795 |
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| Note: | Soavtorji: Riccardo Battistella, Borut Mavrič, Danijel Ivajnšič;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 03.07.2025 |
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