FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF THE BLACKSPOTTED SMOOTH-HOUND, MUSTELUS PUNCTULATUS (ELASMOBRANCHII: CARCHARHINIFORMES: TRIAKIDAE), FROM THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC

Food and feeding habits of the blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from the northern Adriatic

Background.The blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1826, has been regularly caught in the northern Adriatic Sea, although a decreasing trend in its catches was observed off the coast of Slovenia within the last decade The knowledge of feeding behaviour of elasmobranch fish species, through understanding of the local food web stru

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