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Diet of the Common Eagle Ray, Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Northern Adriatic Sea

Lovrenc Lipej; Riccardo Battistella; Borut Mavrič; Danijel Ivajnšič
Fishes · Vol. 10, Issue 7 · pp. 311 · 2025

Abstract

We studied the feeding habits of the common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila) in the shallow northern Adriatic Sea. Altogether we analysed the contents of 122 stomachs of specimens caught as by-catch in the Gulf of Trieste and along the west Istrian coast. Shelled molluscs (N% = 75.17), mainly bivalves and gastropods, were the most prominent prey categories, while crustaceans, sipunculids, echinoderms and polychaets (N%

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JournalFishes
PublisherMDPI
Publication Date2025-07-01
Publication Year2025
Volume10
Issue7
Pages311
Document TypeJournal Article
eISSN2410-3888
DOI10.3390/fishes10070311
SubjectFisheries; fish biology; aquaculture; aquatic ecology; fisheries management

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