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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Dormitator maculatus
 
Main Ref. Teixeira, R.L., 1994
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 10.30 TL
Sample size 191 Percent empty 4
Country Brazil Locality Mundaú/Manguaba lagoonal system, Alagoas, northeast Brazil
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Dormitator maculatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
48.10 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others leaves and roots Pieces of leaves and roots
7.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gobionellus boleosoma 1.3% Dormitatos maculatus, 6.4% Gobionellus boleosoma, 0.1% fish scales, 0.1% unid. Fish
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
26.60 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.10 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Diptera Diptera larvae
13.10 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates eggs plank. invertebrates
0.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
3.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Palaemon pandaliformis 2.6%bPalaemon pandaliformis, 0.6% Macrobrachium sp., 0.3% crustacean remains
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