Feeding of Trigla cuculus on the coast of Lattakia, Syria

R.H. Alshikh Rasheed¹ , Z.W. AL-Hosne² , Z.A. Almajid³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.6 , pp.57-61, Dec-2021

Online published on Dec 31, 2021

Copyright © R.H. Alshikh Rasheed, Z.W. AL-Hosne, Z.A. Almajid . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The study included 124 Trigla cuculus fish caught from Syrian marine waters from two sites, Burj Islam and Al Raml Al Janoubi, during the period between 16/6/2017 and 22/5/2018 using the bottom shelf. The research used the mathematical treatments used globally to study the food of fish, and the results showed that the fish species Trigla cuculus is a predatory fish, and it feeds on deciduous crustaceans, fish, mollusks, and gastropods. Through research, the cancer Ethusa mascarone was identified in the stomach of a fish, and it was recorded for the first time in Syria.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Trigla cuculus, Syria, food spectrum

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