Food and Feeding Habits Summary Megalops cyprinoides
 
Main Ref. Coates, D., 1987
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size 13 Percent empty 38
Land Papua New Guinea Fundort Sepik River, 1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Megalops cyprinoides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Kommentare
27.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
7.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Diptera Diptera, Hemiptera, etc.
17.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
23.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Odonata Odonata, Isoptera, etc.
24.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Caridina Caridina
2.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants roots plants
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