Abstract

WAKIDA-KUSUNOKI, Armando T.  and  TORO-RAMIREZ, Alejandra. Mexican snook (Centropomus poeyi), a new predator of devil fish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis). Hidrobiológica [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.1, pp.147-149. ISSN 0188-8897.

This is the first report of predation of devil fish Pterygoplichthys pardalis by Mexican snook Centropomus poeyi. The observations were made after dissecting the stomachs of six specimens of Mexican snook, collected on 13 and 14 April, 2014, during a sport fishing tournament in Palizada, Campeche, Mexico. Additional fieldwork is necessary to document the relative importance of P. pardalis in the diet of Mexican snook as well as the effect of other organisms that also prey on devil fish in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords : Centropomus poeyi; devil fish; Mexican snook; predation; Pterygoplichthys pardalis.

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