نرگس محمدی - گروه زیست شناسی، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه گنبدکاووس، گنبدکاووس، ایران
سکینه علیجان پور - گروه زیست شناسی، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه گنبدکاووس، گنبدکاووس، ایران
هادی رییسی - گروه شیلات، دانشکده علوم کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه گنبدکاووس، گنبدکاووس، ایران
کیاوش گلزاریان پور - گروه زیست شناسی، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه گنبدکاووس، گنبدکاووس، ایران
ارسلان بهلکه - گروه شیلات، دانشکده علوم کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه گنبدکاووس، گنبدکاووس، ایران
بهزاد رهنما - گروه بیولوژی دریا، دانشکده بوم شناسی و سیستماتیک، دانشگاه فدرال پارئیبا، پارئیبا، برزیل

The aim of this study was to determine the diet of the milk shark in waters of the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea in Hormozgan province. Total number of samples collected from the waters of Hormozgan province was ۴۵, of which, ۱۷ and ۲۸ were male and female, respectively. The sex ratio of male to female was ۱:۱.۶۵ in the studied population, which showed no statistically significant difference between the sex ratio of male and female (X۲=۲.۶۹, p>۰.۰۵). The results of frequency and weight percentage of the stomach contents showed that the highest frequency and weight percentage (۴۷.۴۴ and ۶۳.۸۸%, respectively) were related to teleost fish and then crustaceans (۳۳.۳۳ and ۲۳.۳۰%, respectively). Cephalopods (۶.۴۱% and ۷.۱۳%, respectively), other prey (۸.۹۷% and ۳.۷۱%, respectively) and bivalves (۳.۸۵% and ۱.۹۸%, respectively) were in the next ranks. Results of food preference index showed that the fish food group had a total of ۸۳.۷۲ as the first preferred food of the milk shark. Results of Empty Stomach Index in the milk shark indicated that both males and females and the whole populationin the coasts of Hormozgan province is considered as a gluttonous species. Teleost fish had the highest relative importance of prey (IRI) for both males and females and the whole population of milk sharks, (۷۶.۵۳, ۶۷.۷۳ and ۷۳.۷۱%, respectively). For the population and female sharks, crustaceans and bony fish had the highest Shannon-Wiener biodiversity index with ۰.۱۵۹ and ۰.۱۵۳, respectively, but in male sharks, Shannon-Wiener biodiversity index showed the highest biomass index of bony fish (۰.۱۳۸) compared to crustaceans (۰.۱۱۴). Gastrointestinal index (GSI) in R. acutus shark off the coast of Hormozgan province was ۲.۶۲% for males, ۲.۱۰% for females and ۲.۳۰% for the whole population of this species. The overall results show that a common pattern in the milk shark diet preference is elucidated, in which small bony fish are seen as the most preferred prey, followed by crustaceans.

R. acutus, رژیم غذایی, خلیج فارس, دریای عمان, کوسه, استان هرمزگان