Diet Overlap

Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)
Thunnus thynnus (horse mackerel)

Common Diet

Engraulis encrasicolus (Southern African anchovy)
Illex illecebrosus (northern shortfin squid)
Merluccius bilinearis (Whiting)
Ocythoe tuberculata (Tuberculate Pelagic Octopus)
Peprilus triacanthus (Sheephead)
Pomatomus saltatrix (Tailor run)
Sardina pilchardus (European pilchard)
Thysanoteuthis rhombus (diamond squid)

Common Habitat

Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish, Konstantinos I. Stergiou & Vasiliki S. Karpouzi, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 11: 217–254, 2002
♦ 2CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 3Feeding Spectrum and Trophic Relationships of Short-finned Squid (Illex illecebrosus) in the Northwest Atlantic, Yu. M. Froerman, NAFO Sci. Coun. Studies, 7: 67-75 (1984)
♦ 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)
♦ 5Differences in diet of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at five seasonal feeding grounds on the New England continental shelf, Bradford C. Chase, Fishery Bulletin 100 no2 168-80 Ap 2002