Diet Overlap

Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)
Isurus oxyrinchus (Short-finned mako)

Common Diet

Architeuthis dux (giant squid)
Architeuthis martensi
Brama brama (Ray's bream)
Illex argentinus (Argentine Shortfin Squid)
Illex illecebrosus (northern shortfin squid)
Peprilus triacanthus (Sheephead)
Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run)

Common Habitat

Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 2Forage fauna in the diet of three large pelagic fishes (lancetfish, swordfish and yellowfin tuna) in the western equatorial Indian Ocean, Michel Potier, Francis Marsac, Yves Cherel, Vincent Lucas, Richard Sabatié, Olivier Maury and Frédéric Ménard, Fisheries Research 83 (2007) 60–72
♦ 3Feeding ecology and niche segregation in oceanic top predators off eastern Australia, Jock W. Young, Matt J. Lansdell, Robert A. Campbell, Scott P. Cooper, Francis Juanes, Michaela A. Guest, Mar Biol (2010) 157:2347–2368
♦ 4Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)