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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lates calcarifer
 
Main Ref. Tait, R.D., 1981
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 58.10 TL
Sample size 13 Percent empty 7.7
Country Australia Locality Magela Creek floodplain, northern Australia, Nov. 1978-Dec. 1979
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lates calcarifer
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
10.50 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Blyxa spp. 3.4% Ludwigia adscendens, 7.1% Blyxa spp.
46.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Neosilurus ater 7.5% Arius leptaspis, 20.9% Neosilurus ater,13.7% Melanotaenia maculata, 4.6% Ambassis spp.
10.20 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Coleoptera 3.3% Odonata and 6.9% Coleoptera adults
12.30 % zoobenthos insects insects nymphs Odonata Odonata
9.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Macrobrachium rosenbergii Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Cherax sp.
7.40 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others Poaceae Poaceae
3.60 % others herps toads/frogs juv./adults Anura Anura, Squamata
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