Food item summary for Chanos chanos
 
Main Ref. Whitfield, A.K. and S.J.M. Blaber, 1978
Predator stage juv./adults
Food I zoobenthos
Food II benth. crust.
Food III n.a./other benth. crustaceans
Food group Crustacea Prey Stage/Part juv./adults
Food name unidentified crustaceans
Commonness 97 dominant ( > 50%)
Country South Africa
Remark Locality: Lake St. Lucia, collected in 1975 and 1976. Presence of zooplankton in stomach contents is probably due to vertically migrating crustacenas becoming part of the benthos during daylight hours. Also Ref. 9137. Unidentified crustaceans also found in stomachs from Madagascar freshwaters (Ref. 13296).
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