Distinctions in the diets and distributions of larval tunas and the important role of appendicularians

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Predicting the occurrence of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae in the northern Gulf of Mexico: building a classification model from archival data (2010, background): “Diets of preflexion larval tunas tend to be specialized, focusing on particular items such as appendicularians, and many larval tunas are piscivorous post-flexion (Llopiz et al., 2010).”
The trophodynamics of marine top predators: Current knowledge, recent advances and challenges (2015, background): “Pelagic tunicates such as appendicularians are consumed by some tuna species (and not others), to the complete exclusion of other zooplankton prey (Llopiz et al., 2010; Young and Davis, 1990), and it appears that almost all scombroid species become piscivorous as larvae (i.”
Latitudinal and taxonomic patterns in the feeding ecologies of fish larvae: A literature synthesis (2013, background): “, 2009; van der Spoel and Pierrot400 Bults, 1979); however, comparing the high diversity of dominant consumed prey types to the 401 observations that only a few of these groups are ever dominant in the environment (Hopcroft et 402 al., 1998; Llopiz et al., 2010; Neumann-Leitao et al., 2008) supports”