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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hydrocynus forskahlii
 
Main Ref. Winemiller, K.O. and L.C. Kelso-Winemiller, 1994
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 47.50 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Zambia Locality Upper Zambezi River floodplain, May-December 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hydrocynus forskahlii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Aplocheilichthys spp. Troph of Aplocheilichthys spp. estimated from food items
0.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Barbus spp. Barbus spp.
0.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Characidae Small Characidae
0.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Schilbe mystus Troph of juvenile Schilbe mystus
2.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mormyridae Mormyridae
3.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Fish unid. Fish
5.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Synodontis spp. Synodontis spp.
27.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Hepsetus odoe Troph of juvenile Hepsetus odoe
28.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cichlidae Cichlidae
29.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haplochromines Haplochromines
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