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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Astyanax bimaculatus
 
Main Ref. Castro, R.M.C. and L. Casatti, 1997
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 6.50 SL
Sample size 305 Percent empty 13
Country Brazil Locality Parana River Basin, southeastern Brazil, 14 November 1993
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Astyanax bimaculatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
10.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others benthic algae/weeds
4.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
15.00 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others insects Aquatic insects
1.00 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Diplopoda Diplopoda
12.00 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others algae Filamentous algae and diatoms
54.00 % others others n.a./others n.a./others insects Terrestial insects
2.00 % others other terrest. invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects juv./adults Araneae Araneae and Acarina
2.00 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematodes Nematodes and thecamoebas
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