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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 20.10 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
2.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Schilbe mystus 1.2% Synodontis spp., 0.7% Schilbe mystus, 0.1% Clarias spp., 0.1% Chiloglanis, 0.1% Aplocheilichthys spp.
4.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cichlidae Cichlidae
7.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Hemigrammocharax 5.9% small Characidae, 1% Hemigrammocharax, 0.1% Hepsetus odoe
7.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Fish unid. Fish
8.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haplochromines Haplochromines
19.40 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mormyridae Mormyridae
51.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Barbus spp. Barbus spp.
0.10 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insects aquatic insects
0.10 % others others n.a./others n.a./others insects Terrestail insects
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
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