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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mormyrops anguilloides
 
Main Ref. Adebisi, A.A., 1981
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 48.40 TL
Sample size 28 Percent empty 28.6
Country Nigeria Locality Upper Ogun River, Nov. 1973 to Dec. 1976
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mormyrops anguilloides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.67 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades algae filamentous algae
65.87 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Tilapia zillii Barbus spp. 12.87 Chrysichthys sp. 3.0 Tilapia mariae 2.33 T. zillii 7.0 unid. Fish 40.67
6.34 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus Decaying plant matter 1.67 Organic detritus 4.67
0.47 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
4.67 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomid larva Chironomid larva 4.67
3.67 % zoobenthos insects insects nymphs Odonata Odonata -Anisoptera nymph 2.67 Odonata - Zygoptera nymph 1.0
1.67 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Oligochaeta Oligochaeta
16.67 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Macrobrachium sp. Macrobrachium sp. 16.67
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