Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pseudetroplus maculatus
 
Main Ref. Weliange, W.S. and U.S. Amarasinghe, 2007
Fish stage adults Mean length 5.40 NG
Sample size 234 Percent empty
Country Sri Lanka Locality Minneriya reservoir, August 1998-August 2000
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pseudetroplus maculatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Komentar
16.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. fish fish scales, fish eggs, small juvenile fish, fish skeletons
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Bosminopsis Bosminopsis, Moina, Daphnia, Diaphanasoma, Ceriodaphnia
14.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus soft sediments, particulate matter
10.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insects flying insects, other terrestrial insects, aquatic insects
19.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Ephemeroptera larval stages of Chironomidae, Ephemeroptera and Odonata
8.00 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others phytoplankton diatoms, blue greens, green algae, uncommon algae, filamentous algae
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults Macrothrix Chydorids, Macrothrix, and Cypridopsis
31.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants leaves/blades plants Terrestrial and aquatic plants
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