Food and Feeding Habits Summary Labeo coubie
 
Main Ref. Whitehead, V., 1969
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 12.20 TL
Sample size 8 Percent empty 25
Country Ghana Locality Volta Lake, 1967
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Labeo coubie
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
79.40 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
4.70 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Melosira 4.5% Melosira, 0.2% non-planktonic diatoms
12.50 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Volvocaceae 3.3% filamentous green algae, 3.8% Volvocaceae, 0.7% desmids
2.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Rotaria Rotaria
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