Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
 
Main Ref. Kondur, L.V., 1979
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 24.50 TL
Sample size 113 Percent empty 3
Country Tajikistan Locality Vakhsh River, 1964-1966
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
11.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others plants 9.2% plants and detritus
10.75 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish 9% eggs and young of fish
0.23 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insect imago 0.2% insect imago
6.57 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Trichoptera 5.5% larvae of Trichoptera, Plecoptera, Odonata, and Coleoptera
6.80 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Diptera 5.7% larvae of Diptera excluding Chironomidae
64.60 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomid 54.1% Chironomid larvae
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