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Table 1

Reported cases in which tagged animals were predated by marine predators. Common names of the species are provided according to Froese and Pauly (2019).

Tagged animal Location Possible predator Reference

Scientific name Common name Family
Anguilla rostrata Silver-stage American eels Anguillidae Gulf of St. Lawrence Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) Béguer-Pon et al. (2012)
Carcharhinus falciformis Silk shark Carcharhinidae Northern Gulf of Mexico Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Hoffmayer (2009)
lstiophorus platypterus Sailfish Istiophoridae Southest Florida Unidentified shark Jolley and Irby (1979)
Lampris gattatus Opah Lampridae Georges Bank Endothermic shark Kerstetter et al. (2004)
      Central North Pacific Shortfin mako (I. oxyrinchus) or great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Polovina et al. (2008)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Chinook salmon Salmonidae North Pacific Ocean Marine mammals Seitz et al. (2019)
North Pacific Ocean Ectothermic fishes Seitz et al. (2019)
North Pacific Ocean Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis) Seitz et al. (2019)
Salmo salar Atlantic salmon Salmonidae North Atlantic Ocean Marine mammals Strøm et al. (2019)
  North Atlantic Ocean Ectothermic fish Lacroix (2014); Strøm et al. (2019)
  North Atlantic Ocean Endothermic fish Strøm et al. (2019)
  North Atlantic Ocean Lamnid shark Lacroix (2014)
  North Atlantic Ocean Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Lacroix (2014)
  North Atlantic Ocean Porbeagle shark (L. nasus) Lacroix (2014)
Thunnus maccoyii Southern Bluefin Tuna Scombridae Southeast of Tasmania, southwest Victoria and the south coast of NSW Lamnid sharks Tracey et al. (2016)
Thunnus alalunga Albacore Scombridae Bay of Biscay (northeast Atlantic) Shortfin mako (I. oxyrinchus) Cosgrove et al. (2015)
      Bay of Biscay (northeast Atlantic) Porbeagle shark Cosgrove et al. (2015)
Tetrapturus albidus
Tetrapturus belone
White marlin
Mediterranean spearfish
Istiophoridae Georges Bank Blue shark (Prionace glauca) Kerstetter et al. (2004)
Istiophoridae Central Mediterranean Sea − Strait of Messina Ectothermic shark, bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) Present paper

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