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An Illustrated Record And Range Extension Of Caligus Chelifer (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) In The Gulf Of Mexico, E. Suarez-Morales, I. H. Kim, I. Lopez-Salgado
An Illustrated Record And Range Extension Of Caligus Chelifer (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) In The Gulf Of Mexico, E. Suarez-Morales, I. H. Kim, I. Lopez-Salgado
Gulf and Caribbean Research
A male specimen of the copepod Caligus chelifer Wilson, 1905, was collected during a plankton survey carried out during February 1994 off the Mexican coasts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (Tamaulipas state). This is the first record of this species in Mexican waters and south of the 25ºN in the Northwestern Atlantic. Taxonomic illustrations of the specimen are provided.
Feeding Of Sciaenid (Pisces: Sciaenidae) Larvae In Two Coastal Lagoons Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Alberto Ocana-Luna, Marina Sanchez-Ramirez
Feeding Of Sciaenid (Pisces: Sciaenidae) Larvae In Two Coastal Lagoons Of The Gulf Of Mexico, Alberto Ocana-Luna, Marina Sanchez-Ramirez
Gulf and Caribbean Research
Stomach contents analyses showed that Leiostomus xanthurus (8.50-12.90 mm SL) had a wide trophic spectrum (15 food categories) with copepods and eggs of invertebrates as main components. In contrast, Micropogonias undulutus (6.65-12.20 mm SL) ingested only six food categories (copepods, eggs of invertebrates, crustacean nauplii, bamacle nauplii, amphipods and other crustaceans). There is an overlap of 73.2 to 83.0% in the diet of these two species. Bairdiella chrysoura (1.17-1.92 mm SL) fed primarily on juvenile pelecypods, crustacean nauplii, eggs of invertebrates, including gasteropods and copepods. Cynoscion nebulosus (1.50-2.42 mm SL) ingested juvenile pelecypods, copepods, crustacean nauplii, eggs of invertebrates and …