Food and Feeding Habits Summary Ambassis kopsii
 
Main Ref. Hajisamae, S., L.M. Chou and S. Ibrahim, 2004
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.50 NG
Sample size 223 Percent empty
Country Singapore Locality Eastern Johor Strait, January-December 2000
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Ambassis kopsii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.80 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades macroalgae macroalgae
2.80 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus detritus and sand
5.10 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
1.30 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
5.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods isopods 3.4 gammarid amphipods 1.8
10.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults zooplankton other zooplankton
13.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults cyprids cyprids
54.80 % zoobenthos plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults calanoid calanoid copepods 51.3 harpacticoid copepods 1.8
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
4.40 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps small shrimps
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