Food and Feeding Habits Summary Neochanna burrowsius
 
Main Ref. Eldon, G.A., 1979
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.30 NG
Sample size 14 Percent empty
Country New Zealand Locality stream near St. Andrews
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Neochanna burrowsius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
8.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
10.70 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains 1.1% misc. terrestrial animals, 9.6% unidentified animal matter and pulp.
8.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
13.90 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Lymnaea tomentosa 13.4% Lymnaea tomentosa, 0.4% Planorbis sp.
33.40 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Liodessus sp. 30.6% Chironomidae, 0.4% Tabanidae, 0.4% Ceratopogonidae, 0.9% Culicidae, 0.9% Coenagriidae, 0.1% Liodessus sp., 0.1% Corixidae.
4.80 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Glossiphoniidae 0.7% Tubificidae, 3.7% Glossiphoniidae, 0.4% unidentified eggs
19.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
1.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others vegetable matter vegetable matter
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