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A total of 417 stomachs from 22 different myctophid species were analysed. Myctophids from the southern areas (from 20 to 42\u00b0N) mostly fed on copepods, whereas amphipods were the main prey of myctophids collected in the northern stations (from 42 to 48\u00b0N). The calanoids <jats:italic>Pleuromamma<\/jats:italic> spp. and <jats:italic>Candacia<\/jats:italic> spp., amphipods, euphausiids and decapod larvae were the most positively selected prey by all myctophid species, whenever these prey were present. <jats:italic>Pleuromamma<\/jats:italic> spp. were the most important prey for most species, with the largest average contribution to dietary carbon (49.6 \u00b1 21.1%), while <jats:italic>Candacia<\/jats:italic> spp. were the dominant prey of <jats:italic>Lampanyctus ater<\/jats:italic> (contributing to 40.3% of the estimated dietary carbon), and amphipods were the dominant prey for <jats:italic>Hygophum benoiti<\/jats:italic> (39.0%), <jats:italic>Myctophum punctatum<\/jats:italic> (58.4%) and <jats:italic>Symbolophorus veranyi<\/jats:italic> (56.0%). Results of the present study indicate that myctophids in the Northeast Atlantic are mainly characterized by specialized feeding strategies, although some species showed mixed strategies (<jats:italic>Ceratoscopelus warmingii, Lepidophanes gaussi<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Lobianchia dofleini<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Lobianchia gemellari<\/jats:italic><jats:italic>i<\/jats:italic>) and a few species (<jats:italic>Hygophum hygomii<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>H. benoiti<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. verany<\/jats:italic><jats:italic>i<\/jats:italic>) showed a generalized feeding strategy. 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