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===Feeding=== Albacore tuna are pelagic (open-sea) predators. Their diets vary little from season to season. Unlike other tuna that eat primarily fish, for example the [[bigeye tuna|bigeye]] and yellowfin tuna, the albacore's main source of food is [[cephalopod]]s. The most abundant cephalopod in its diet is ''[[Heteroteuthis dispar]]'', a tiny deep-water squid found in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Another cephalopod species preyed upon is ''[[Berryteuthis anonychus]]''.<ref name="Thunnus alalunga Ahi pahala">{{cite web | url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Thunnus_alalunga/ | title=Thunnus alalunga (Ahi pahala) | website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] }}</ref> Other food sources of the albacore include fish (including ''[[Pacific saury|Cololabis saira]]'', ''[[Japanese anchovy|Engraulis japonicus]]'', and ''[[Californian anchovy|Engraulis mordax]]''), crustaceans, and gelatinous organisms.<ref name=bertrand/><ref name="Thunnus alalunga Ahi pahala"/> Not much is known about the food pattern of the albacore, however, mostly because it dives over {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}} underwater when searching for food, and tagging and tracking has been unsuccessful thus far.<ref name=bertrand>{{cite journal |last=Bertrand |first=A. |author2=Bard, F. |author3=Josse, E. |title=Tuna food habits related to the micronekton distribution in French Polynesia |journal=Marine Biology |volume=140 |issue=5 |pages=1023β1037 |doi=10.1007/s00227-001-0776-3 |date=1 May 2002 |bibcode=2002MarBi.140.1023A |s2cid=84191172 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Consoli |first=P.|author2=Romeo, T. |author3=Battaglia, P. |author4=Castriota, L. |author5=Esposito, V. |author6=Andaloro, F.|title=Feeding habits of the albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga (Perciformes, Scombridae) from central Mediterranean Sea |journal=Marine Biology |volume=155 |issue=1 |pages=113β120 |doi=10.1007/s00227-008-1012-1 |date=1 July 2008 |bibcode=2008MarBi.155..113C |s2cid=85625507}}</ref>
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