First consumption by Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Guaratuba Bay, Southern Brazil
Oscar Bordignon, Marcelode Oliveira França, Adriana
Throughout 1999, the fishes consumed by Noctilio leporinus were documented in a salt-water ecosystem, by analysing the feces of bats captured in mist nets. Of the 55 samples analyzed the most frequent fish species were Atherinella brasiliensis, Mugil curema, Cetengraulis edentulus, Opisthonema oglinum and Harengula clupeola. The quantitative result was similar to that obtained in other studies conducted in Puerto Rico, but not qualitatively.