Stomach contents of the Lesser Spotted Dogfish, (Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)) inhabiting Northeastern Mediterranean

In this study, stomach contents of 604 specimens of Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) obtained from the North-Eastern Mediterranean between May 2012-March 2014 were examined to determine diet regime. 482 of the sampled fish (79.8 %) had stomachs containing food. For each prey group, percentage numerical presence, percentage weight, frequency of occurrence and relative importance index (IRI %) values were calculated. The most important prey groups for S. canicula living in the North-Eastern Mediterranean were crustaceans and fishes (with IRI=50.08 % and IRI=46.7% , respectively). The second group was Cephalopods with IRI=2.3 %. Sipunculidea (IRI=0.92 %) was the rare prey group.