Food and Feeding Habits Summary Coptodon rendalli
 
Main Ref. Weliange, W.S. and U.S. Amarasinghe, 2003
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.50 TL
Sample size 73 Percent empty
Paese Sri Lanka Località Minneriya reservoir, February 1999
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Coptodon rendalli
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Commenti
1.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades algae filamentous algae
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Chydorus Chydorus
7.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
4.00 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Melosira other diatoms 2.0 Melosira <0.1 Pinnularia <0.1
4.00 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
9.00 % plants phytoplankton green algae n.a./others Oedogonium Microcystis <0.1 Bulbochaete <0.1 Closterium <0.1 Oedogonium 2.0 Oscillatoria <0.1 Pediastrum <0.1 Spirogyra 2.0
22.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
1.00 % nekton finfish n.a./other finfish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
51.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants leaves/blades macrophytes macrophytes
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