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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
 
Main Ref. Modde, T. and J.C. Schmulbach, 1977
Fish stage adults Mean length 52.50 TL
Sample size 39 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Missouri River, South Dakota
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.30 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others insects terrestrial insects
2.80 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Odonata 1.4% Odonata, 0.6% Coleoptera, 0.7% Corixidae, 0.1% Plecoptera
22.30 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Chironomidae 19.3% Chironomidae, 3% other Diptera
29.30 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Hexagenia 28.8% Hexagenia, 0.4% other Ephemeroptera
37.40 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Hydropsyche 37% Hydropsyche, 0.4% Trichoptera
5.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Asellus Asellus
0.70 % others other terrest. invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects juv./adults Araneae Araneae
0.20 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda 0.1% Nematoda, Oligochaeta
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