A Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Preying on Fish Within a Mixed-Species Feeding Aggregation

Shigetomo Hirama; Blair Witherington

doi:10.2744/CCB-0918a.1

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Shigetomo Hirama,¹ Blair Witherington¹

¹Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 9700 South A1A, Melbourne Beach, Florida 32951 USA; [ ; ] hirama@cfl.rr.com witherington@cfl.rr.com

Abstract

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) feed predominantly on marine crustaceans, mollusks, and other hard-shelled macroinvertebrates. In this note, we report on a subadult loggerhead observed to be feeding on live fish swarming around the turtle in a prey-fish ball. The observation suggests that loggerheads occasionally prey upon certain pelagic fish species other than those encountered as carrion or fishing bait, and may explain accounts of turtles impaled by billfish (Istiophoridae) rostra.

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Shigetomo Hirama and Blair Witherington "A Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Preying on Fish Within a Mixed-Species Feeding Aggregation," Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(2), 261-265, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2744/CCB-0918a.1

Received: 26 October 2011; Accepted: 1 December 2011; Published: 1 December 2012

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