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Feeding habits of the Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis in Korean waters (한국 연근해에 출현하는 태평양참다랑어 Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis의 식성)

  • Jo, Heon Ju;LEE, Sung Il;KIM, Doo Nam;LEE, Mi Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2019
  • The feeding habits of Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis were analyzed using samples by large purse seine fishery in Korean waters from 2012 to 2017. The number of samples was 1,274 and the fork-length (FL) ranged from 34.6 to 218.0 cm. According to %IRI, the Important main prey items of immature individuals (below 91.4 cm in FL) were Pisces, Cephalopoda and Euphausiacea and those of mature individuals were Cephalopoda and Pisces. T. orientalis showed ontogenetic changes in prey item that Pisces was dominated in size class of 30-89 cm (FL), Cephalopoda in 90-179 cm (FL), and Pisces above 180 cm. As for seasonal changes in prey item, Cephalopoda was dominant in spring and Pisces was dominant in summer, autumn and winter. %F, %N, %W and %IRI cluster analysis divided area into three groups: Group A was dominated by Pisces; Group B was dominated by Cephalopoda, and Group C was dominated by Euphausiacea.

Stomach Contents Analysis of the Common Squid, Todarodes pacificus Steenstrup in Korean Waters (한국 해역에 분포하는 오징어의 위내용물 분석)

  • KIM Yeong-Hye;KANG Yong-joo
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.26-30
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    • 1998
  • Stomach contents of the common squid, Todarodes paciかcus in the Korean waters were analyzed using the samples taken from February, 1991 to July, 1992. Stomach contents of T. pacificus consisted of pisces, cephalopods, crustaceans, algae and unidentified things. Pisces were the most selected prey items. Major food items of summer and autumn populations were pisces, but that of the winter population was cephalopods. Algae and crustaceans were minor food items of the squid, T. pacificus mainly fed on pisces and three populations of the squid did not have different stomach contents.

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Diet Composition of John Dory Zeus faber in the Coastal Waters of the South Sea, Korea (한국 남해 연안에 출현하는 달고기(Zeus faber)의 위내용물 조성)

  • Choi, Yu Jeong;Kim, Yeonghye;Lee, Jeong Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.526-531
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    • 2021
  • The diet composition of john dory Zeus faber, was investigated using 266 specimens collected in the coastal waters of the South Sea, Korea. The specimens ranged in total length (TL) from 12.5 to 43.2 cm. The Z. faber fed mainly on Pisces and less often on Macrura. We further analyzed the data by dividing the specimens into five classes (<15.0 cm, 15.0-20.0 cm, 20.0-25.0 cm, 25.0-30.0 cm, ≥30.0 cm). The Z. faber diet shifted with size class from predominantly consuming Macrura to Pisces. The proportion of Macrura consumed decreased with increasing body size, whereas the consumption of Pisces increased gradually.

A New Species of the Genus Sebasles (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) from the Yellow Sea, Korea (황해에서 채집된 볼낙속(양볼낙과) 어류 1신종)

  • 김익수;이완옥
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.409-415
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    • 1994
  • 황해 중부의 2-30m 깊이의 연안 암초지대에서 채집된 Sebastes속 어류는 등지느러미의 극조가 14개이고, 측선공이 30-31개이며, 가슴지느러미 기부와 협부에 흑색 반점이 없어 볼낙속의 다른 유연종과는 잘 구별되었다. 본 조사에서 채집된 10개체의 표본을 기준으로 신종 Sebastes koreanus n. sp.로 기재하고, 국명은 "황해볼낙"으로 명명한다.t;으로 명명한다.

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Feeding Habits of the Pacific Cod Gadus macrocephalus in the Coastal Waters off Jumunjin, Gangwondo of Korea (강원도 주문진 해역에 출현하는 대구(Gadus macrocephalus)의 식성)

  • Yoon, Sang-Chul;Yang, Jae-Hyeong;Park, Jeong-Ho;Choi, Young-Min;Park, Jong-Hwa;Lee, Dong-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.379-386
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    • 2012
  • The feeding habits of the Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus were studied by analyzing the stomach contents of 423 specimens caught by coastal gill net in the coastal waters off Jumunjin, Gangwondo, Korea, from January to December, 2011. The size of Pacific cod ranged from 31.0 to 86.5cm in total length (TL). The proportion of empty stomachs was 25.1%. The main prey items were Macrura, Pisces, and Cephalopoda. In order of abundance, the most dominant species of Macrura, were Pandalus eous, Argis lar, and Neocrangon communis, and the most dominant species of Pisces, were Clupea pallasii, Actoscopus japonicus, and Glyptocephalus stelleri. Berryteuthis magister was the most dominant species of Cephalopoda. In terms of variation in feeding habits by growth, Macrura was the most important prey group for G. macrocephalus ranging in TL from 30- to 55 cm, but Pisces was the most important prey group for cod over 56 cm TL. Catch of G. macrocephalus was significantly positively correlated to catch of the three major Pisces prey species Clupea pallasii, Actoscopus japonicus and Glyptocephalus stelleri.

Feeding habits of white croaker, Pennahia argentata in the coastal waters off Sejon island, Korea (한국 남해안 세존도 주변 해역에 출현하는 보구치 (Pennahia argentata)의 식성)

  • Koh, Eun-Hye;An, Young-Su;Baeck, Gun-Wook;Jang, Choong-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.139-146
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    • 2014
  • Feeding habits of white croacker, Pennahia argentata, were analyzed by using the stomach contents of 153 specimens caught by bottom trawl from May 2011 to March 2012 in the Sejon island, Korea. To know feeding habits of the white croacker, P. argentata, a species composition and it's fluctuation were analyzed based on growth. White croacker, P. argentata caught in the area composes 15 species. The most species in an number of the prey was Macrura which was occupied at 66.4% from whole prey, the second most species was Pisces which was occupied at 20.3%. The most species in an wet-weight of the prey was Pisces which was 49.3% out of the whole specimens. The second most species was Macrura which was 43.3%. The frequency occurrence of the prey was Macrura which was 68.6%, the next one was Pisces which was 28.8%. The highest Index of Relative Importance (IRI) of the prey was Macrura which was 78.2%, the next one was Pisces which was 28.8%. A number of the prey per specimen of small, middle and large class were 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, respectively. A wet weight of the prey per specimen of small, middle and large class were 0.2, 0.6, 0.2 g, respectively.

Phylogenetic Study of the Genus Pungitius (Gasterosteidae: Pisces) from Korea by the Sequence Analysis of 18s Ribosomal DNA (18s 리보좀 DNA 서열 분석에 의한 한국산 가시고기속 (genus Pungitius, Gasterosteidae: Pisces) 어류의 계통학적 연구)

  • Seo, Bo-Keun;Chae, Byung-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2000
  • The sequences of two fragments of 18s ribosomal DNA were determined to elucidate relationship between Pungitius sinensis and P. kaibarae. The proportion of G+C pair is 54.85% to 55.15% in P. kaibarae populations and 52.76% in P. sinensis. Number of substitutions ranges from 10~18 among the populations of P. kaibarae and up to 165 between P. sinensis and P. kaibarae. The value of sequence divergence were 0.0118~0.0195 among the populations of P. kaibarae and 0.2136~0.2306 between P. sinensis and P. kaibarae. The result of pairwise comparison of the sequences indicate that phylogenetic relationship between P. sinensis and P. kaibarae was differentiated to specific level.

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Feeding Habits of Hexagrammos otakii off the Yoesu Coast of Korea (여수 연안에서 서식하는 쥐노래미(Hexagrammos otakii)의 식성)

  • Jung, Jin Ho;Kim, Heeyong;Moon, Seong Yong
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.55 no.5
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    • pp.705-713
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    • 2022
  • The feeding habits of Hexagrammos otakii were studied by analyzing the stomach contents of 508 specimens collected from July 2009 to December 2010 off the Yeosu coast of Korea. The total length of the H. otakii specimens ranged from 10.7 to 41.5 cm. H. otakii was found to be a bottom-feeding carnivore that mainly consumed brachyura, amphipoda, but also sonsumed cephalopoda, pisces, anomura, polychaeta, and gastropoda. It was shown through relative importance analysis that the benthic share was 58.1% for brachyura, 24.5% for amphipoda, 7.5% for caridea, and 7.3% for pisces. Brachyura was the main prey item for H. otakii, occupying 35% of the stomach contents. The proportion of brachyura and amphipoda decreased with the growth of H. otakii, and their decrease paralleled the increased consumption of pisces. The shift in feeding habits to larger prey organisms with increasing fish size seems to be one of survival strategies to maximize net energy gain.