Food and Feeding Habits Summary Ambassis kopsii
 
Main Ref. Hajisamae, S., L.M. Chou and S. Ibrahim, 2004
Fish stage adults Mean length 5.50 NG
Sample size 89 Percent empty
Country Singapore Locality Eastern Johor Strait, January-December 2000
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Ambassis kopsii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.70 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades macroalgae macroalgae
5.20 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus detritus and sand
0.30 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
0.90 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
2.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods isopods 1.5 gammarid amphipods 0.7
1.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults loriciferans loriciferans
7.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults cyprids other zooplankton 4.2 cyprids 2.9
74.20 % zoobenthos plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults calanoid calanoid copepods 72.7 harpacticoid copepods 0.5
2.50 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
1.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps small shrimps
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