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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Tropheops gracilior
 
Main Ref. Reinthal, P.N., 1990
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 5.50 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Lake Malawi
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Tropheops gracilior
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
8.20 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others Cladophora Cladophora
1.60 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Lyngbya Lyngbya
7.10 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Oscillatoria thick Oscillatoria
26.80 % plants phytoplankton blue-green algae n.a./others Calothrix Calothrix & traces of Anabaena, Eucapsis, Microcystis, Oscillatoria, Spirulina
2.20 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Nitzschia spiculum Nitzschia spiculum
5.80 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Surirella Surirella
6.00 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Stephanodiscus Stephanodiscus
8.90 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Rhopolodia Rhopolodia
19.00 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Melosira 17.5% Melosira & traces of Acnanthes, Amphora, Cocconeis, Cymbella, Epithemia, Fragillaria, Gomphocymbella, Gomphonema, Navicula, Nitzschia epiphyticoides
14.45 % plants phytoplankton green algae n.a./others Coelastrum 14% Coelastrum, & traces of Chlorella, Oedogonium, Scenedesmus
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