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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Brycinus longipinnis
 
Main Ref. Victor, R. and C. Brown, 1990
Fish stage adults Mean length 9.70 SL
Sample size 177 Percent empty 6
Country Nigeria Locality Ikpoba River, 1984
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Brycinus longipinnis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
36.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Chlorophyceae 31% filamentous Chlorophyceae, 3% Macrophyta
1.87 % nekton finfish bony fish n.a./others fish scales fish scales
11.88 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
10.00 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Ephemeroptera 1.5% Dipteran larvae, 1.7% Ephemeropteran nymphs, 0.1% Coleoptera, 2.5% other aquatic insects, 3.3% terrestrial insects
0.43 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Ostracoda 0.3% Ostracoda, 0.1% Malacostraca
0.11 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
37.95 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Bacillariophyceae 0.5% Cyanophyceae, 5.5% Characeae, 21.7% Bacillariophyceae, 6.8% unicellular Chlorophyceae
0.54 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Cladocera 0.4% Cladocera, 0.1% Copepoda
0.22 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Protozoa 0.1% Protozoa, 0.1% Rotifera
0.65 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda
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