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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Megalechis picta
 
Main Ref. Mol, J.H., 1995
Fish stage larvae Mean length 0.70 SL
Sample size 50 Percent empty 0
Country Suriname Locality Weg Naar Zee and Lelydorp
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Megalechis picta
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.57 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Chlorophyta 0.05% filamentous algae, 0.45% Chlorophyta, 0.07% Bacillariophyceae
69.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
0.55 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Diptera Diptera larvae
0.79 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Oligochaeta Oligochaeta
19.95 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Rotifera 17.4% Rotifera, 2.33% Rhizopoda, 0.22% invertebrate cysts
3.44 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
5.13 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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