Food and Feeding Habits Summary Dorosoma petenense
 
Main Ref. Davis, B.M. and J.W. Foltz, 1991
Fish stage adults Mean length 12.70 TL
Sample size 30 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Jocassee Reservoir, South Carolina, USA (1982)
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Dorosoma petenense
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
24.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Bosmina longirostris Bosmina longirostris
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans n.a./others Leptodora kindtii Leptodora kindtii
8.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans n.a./others Holopedium amazonicum Holopedium amazonicum
1.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Rotifera Rotifera
8.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others copepods Cladocerans, copepods, insects, annelids, & ostracods
58.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Mesocyclops edax Mesocyclops edax
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