Fatal predation of oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae), by a young short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus (Delphinidae)

Fatal predation of oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae), by a young short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus (Delphinidae)

Authors

  • María del Carmen García-Rivas Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas
  • Juan J. Schmitter-Soto El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
  • Jonathan Pérez-Flores Africam Safari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v5i2.268

Abstract

We found a dead whale (Globicephalus macrorhynchus) whose probable cause of death was an internal injury produced by a 1m-long oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) that had bitten the whale´s stomach from the inside. This is the first record of an oilfish in Mexican Caribbean waters. 

KEY WORDS

Marine mammals, mesopelagic fishes, feeding behavior, new records, Caribbean sea

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2013-11-20

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García-Rivas, M. del C., Schmitter-Soto, J. J., & Pérez-Flores, J. (2013). Fatal predation of oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus (Gempylidae), by a young short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus (Delphinidae). UNED Research Journal, 5(2), 231–233. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v5i2.268

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