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FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Abstract

The food and feeding habits of the Egyptian Sole, Solea aegyptiaca (Chabanauad, 1972) were studied in Port Said area, Mediterranean Sea during the period from October 2004 to September 2005. The annual composition of the diet, the intensity of feeding, seasonal variation of diet composition and variation of diet with length, showed a low-intensity of feeding activity of S. aegyptiaca, and indicated that they feed on a wide variety of prey types (polychaetes, mollusks, amphipods, sediments and small quantities of crustacean fragments, Ascidia, fish parts, sea grasses, brittlestars, unknown medusae and algae), with a limited variation in diet among seasons. The prey types and size differed from juvenile to adults, juvenile ingested only 5 small prey items; while adult had eaten about 11 of large sized prey items. The diet composition of Egyptian sole is indicative of a generalist feeding strategy.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2007.1925

Keywords

Solea aegyptiaca, stomach cpnt&nts, feeding, Port Said -Mediterranean-Sea

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Mariam

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Sharaf

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Departments of Zoology

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Hebatullah

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Laban

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Departments of Zoology

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Ashraf

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Ahmed

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Marine Science , Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

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11

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1

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403

Issue Date

2007-01-01

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2017-04-02

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2007-01-01

Page Start

171

Page End

190

Print ISSN

1110-6131

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2536-9814

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103

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Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

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FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE EGYPTIAN SOLE SOLEA AEGYPTIACA (CHABANAUAD, 1972), FROM PORT SAID, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023