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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Tropheops tropheops
 
Main Ref. Reinthal, P.N., 1990
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 7.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Lake Malawi
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Tropheops tropheops
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
15.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Cladophora Cladophora
2.60 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Anabaena traces of Anabaena, Microcystis, thin Oscillatoria, Chlorella, Oedogonium, Pediastrum, Amphora, Cymbella, Diploneis, Fragillaria, Gomphocymbella, Gomphonema, Melosira, Navicula, Nitzschia accomodata, N. epiphyticoides, N. spiculum, Pinnularia
7.50 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Lyngbya Lyngbya
22.50 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Oscillatoria thick Oscillatoria
49.40 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Calothrix Calothrix
1.10 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Rhopolodia Rhopolodia
1.90 % plants phytoplankton green algae n.a./others Sirogonium Sirogonium
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