Food and Feeding Habits Summary Rutilus rutilus
 
Main Ref. Specziár, A., L. Tölg and P. Biró, 1997
Fish stage adults Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size 98 Percent empty
Country Hungary Locality littoral zone of Lake Balaton, April-November 1996
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Rutilus rutilus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
2.28 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Corophium curvispinum 1.4% Corophium curvispinum, 0.8% Gammaridae
30.25 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others algae 27.1% filamentous algae, 2% macrophytes
49.69 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Dreissena polymorpha 47.2% Dreissena polymorpha, 0.6% Pisidium
2.39 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
0.21 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
15.07 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.10 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae Chironomidae
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