Food and Feeding Habits Summary Cyprinus carpio
 
Main Ref. Specziár, A., L. Tölg and P. Biró, 1997
Fish stage adults Mean length 14.80 SL
Sample size 130 Percent empty
Country Hungary Locality littoral zone of Lake Balaton, April-November 1996
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Cyprinus carpio
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
9.89 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Corophium curvispinum 7.7% Corophium curvispinum , 1.9% Gammaridae
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
0.71 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
65.04 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Dreissena polymorpha 61.3% Dreissena polymorpha, 2.5% Pisidium
13.97 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
1.12 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
6.93 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae 6.4% Chironomidae larvae, 0.3% Chironomidae pupae, 0.1% Ceratopogonidae larvae
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
2.14 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Oligochaeta 2% Oligochaeta, 0.1% Hirudinoidea
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