Food items reported for Hoplias malabaricus
n = 61
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris unidentified fine detritus Venezuela juv./adults
detritus detritus debris unidentified vegetative detritus Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hoplosternum Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Astyanax sp. Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Astyanax sp. Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Charax sp. Uruguay juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cheirodon sp. Uruguay juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ctenobrycon Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hemigrammus Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odontostilbe Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Odontostilbe Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Aequidens sp. Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Aequidens sp. Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Apistogramma Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Caquetaia Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Caquetaia Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Characidium sp. Uruguay juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Curimata sp. Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hoplias Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hoplias Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hoplias Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Rineloricaria Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Poecilia Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Poecilia Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Prochilodus Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rachovia Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rachovia Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Miscellaneous fish Venezuela adults
nekton finfish bony fish Miscellaneous fish Venezuela juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Miscellaneous fish Venezuela recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Miscellaneous fish flesh Venezuela adults
others others n.a./others Chthonerpeton vivparum Brazil juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified aquatic vegetation Venezuela adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified aquatic vegetation Venezuela juv./adults
plants other plants terrestrial plants fruits, flowers and seeds Brazil adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified amphipods Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified copepods Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified Eubranchipoda Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified ostracods Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified decapod shrimp Venezuela adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified chironomid larvae Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified chronomid larvae Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified aquatic coleopteran larvae Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified aquatic coleopteran larvae Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified aquatic coleopterans Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Mosquito larvae Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified mayflies Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified mayflies Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Corixidae Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Corixidae Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Miscellaneous aquatic hemipterans Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Miscellaneous aquatic hemipterans Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Odonata nymphs Venezuela adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Odonata nymphs Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified orthopterans Venezuela adults
zoobenthos insects insects Miscellaneous aquatic insects Venezuela juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Miscellaneous aquatic insects Venezuela recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates eggs Brazil adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. Invertebrates unidentified (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans unidentified cladocerans Venezuela recruits/juv.
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