Food items reported for Orcinus orca
n = 58
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Unspecified Cranchiidae Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus antarcticus Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Gonatus fabricii (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo plei Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sanpaulensis Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Lycoteuthis lorigera Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ommastrephes bartramii Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Ornithoteuthis antillarum Brazil juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Moroteuthis robsoni Brazil juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anoplopoma fimbria (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hyperoglyphe antarctica Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea pallasii pallasii Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cyclopterus lumpus Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Dasyatis kuhlii Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ophiodon elongatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Istiophorus platypterus Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Makaira indica (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Makaira mazara (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mola mola Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Manta birostris Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atheresthes stomias (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippoglossus stenolepis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Parophrys vetulus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Greenland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rhincodon typus USA juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus keta (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus kisutch Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus kisutch (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus mykiss (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus albacares Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus maccoyii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus obesus Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thunnus thynnus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sphyrna lewini Papua New Guinea juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Xiphias gladius (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish Rhincodon typus USA juv./adults
others mammals dolphins Stenella longirostris Australia juv./adults
others mammals dolphins Phoca vitulina Alaska juv./adults
others mammals dolphins Phocoena phocoena Alaska juv./adults
others mammals dolphins Phocoenoides dalli Alaska juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Balaena mysticetus Canada juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Balaenoptera acutorostrata Australia juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Balaenoptera bonaerensis Australia juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Balaenoptera musculus Australia juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Megaptera novaeangliae Australia juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Delphinapterus leucas Canada juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Monodon monoceros Canada juv./adults
others mammals n.a./other mammals Ziphius cavirostris Australia juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Eumetopias jubatus Alaska juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Zalophus californianus (not available) adults
others mammals pinnipeds Erignathus barbatus Canada juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Pagophilus groenlandicus Canada juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Phoca vitulina Canada juv./adults
others mammals pinnipeds Pusa hispida Canada juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods unspecified cephalopods Greenland juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Ocythoe tuberculata Brazil juv./adults
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