Food and Feeding Habits Summary Clarias agboyiensis
 
Main Ref. Ezenwaji, H.M.G. and N.M. Inyang, 1998
Fish stage adults Mean length 22.50 TL
Sample size 67 Percent empty
Country Nigeria Locality River Anambra basin, June 1983- Sept. 1985
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Clarias agboyiensis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
68.70 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Parachanna obscura Parachanna obscura
18.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Povilla adusta Povilla adusta 0.31 Odonata nymph 4.82 Terrestrial Orthoptera 9.35 Corixa sp. 0.06 Trichoptera larvae 0.02 Chironomidae 0.33 Mosquito larvae and pupae 0.19 Formicoid Hymenoptera 1.26 Dytiscidae 1.56
4.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Pila wernei Pila wernei
7.40 % plants other plants terrestrial plants fruits/seeds plants
1.80 % others herps toads/frogs larvae toads/frogs
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