Summertime diel variations in the diet composition and feeding periodicityof red pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) in Hisaronu Bay

In summer 1997, the stomach contents of 235 red pandora collected by bottom trawl from Hisaronu Bay in the southern Aegean coast of Turkey, were analy sed. It was observed that red pandora is predominantly a diurnal feeder. Mo re intensive feeding started in the afternoon, reaching its maximum value i n the evening and continued until dusk. The minimum feeding intensity occur red during the night. The diet was found to consist primarily of polychaete s, especially Glyceridae, and crustaceans, mainly Natantia. No significant diel variation was observed in the diet composition of red pandora.