Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropterus dolomieu
 
Main Ref. Poe, T.P., H.C. Hansel, S. Vigg, D.E. Palmer and L.A. Predergast, 1991
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 31.50 TL
Sample size 4811 Percent empty 18
Country USA Locality John Day Reservoir, Columbia River Basin, April-August 1983-1986
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropterus dolomieu
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Centrarchidae 0.5% Centrarchidae, 0.1% Ictaluridae
1.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
4.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Salmonidae Salmonidae
5.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Percopsidae Percopsidae
11.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cyprinidae Cyprinidae
22.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Catostomidae Catostomidae
33.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cottidae Cottidae
0.60 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
21.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda 20.7% Decapoda, 0.5% Amphipoda
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