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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hydrocynus forskahlii
 
Main Ref. Winemiller, K.O. and L.C. Kelso-Winemiller, 1994
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 9.00 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
0.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Schilbe mystus 0.42% Chiloglanis, 0.1% Schilbe mystus, 0.1% Clarias spp., 0.1% Hepsetus odoe, 0.1% Synodontis, 0.1% Cichlidae
1.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haplochromines Haplochromines
5.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Aplocheilichthys spp. Troph of Aplocheilichthys spp. estimated from food items.
9.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haplochromines unid. Fish 8.0 Haplochromines 1.7
20.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Barbus spp. Barbus spp.
27.90 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mormyridae Mormyridae
29.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Characidae Small Characidae
0.45 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
2.80 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects 2.2% Terrestial insects 1.67% Aquatic insects
2.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps/prawns
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