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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Heterotis niloticus
 
Main Ref. Adite, A., K.O. Winemiller and E.D. Fiogbe, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 20.00 SL
Sample size 14 Percent empty
Country Benin Locality River Sô, July 2002-December 2003
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Heterotis niloticus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.51 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus detritus 3.06
2.21 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insects other aquatic insects 1.47 Hydracharidae 0.03
45.07 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Coleoptera chironomid larvae 13.13 other diptera larvae 0.13 Coleoptera larvae 17.25
0.10 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults worms worms 0.05
10.19 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults molusks molusks 6.9
1.32 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults microcrustacea microcrustacea 0.82 rotifers 0.08
28.58 % plants other plants terrestrial plants fruits/seeds seeds seeds 19.35
8.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants leaves/blades plants plants 5.40
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