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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Osteomugil cunnesius
 
Main Ref. Whitfield, A.K., 1985
Fish stage larvae Mean length 2.60 SL
Sample size 27 Percent empty 0
Country South Africa Locality Mhlanga estuary, 1978.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Osteomugil cunnesius
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.30 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds n.a./others macrophyte macrophyte material
6.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocerans
36.90 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
6.50 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Chironomidae Chironomidae
17.60 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others algae 17.3% unicellular algae, 0.3% filamentous algae
11.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae plank. crustaceans
5.50 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Flagellates Flagellates
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
11.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
1.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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