Food and Feeding Habits Summary Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Main Ref. Kusabs, I.A. and S. Swales, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length NG
Sample size Percent empty
Country New Zealand Locality Waipehi stream, Taupo, June 1988-May 1989.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Oncorhynchus mykiss
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
4.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Retropinna retropinna Retropinna retropinna
79.40 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. koaro Small koaro
4.10 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae rainbow trout fry rainbow trout fry (3.7); rainbow trout ova (0.4)
3.80 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
1.40 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Coleoptera Chironomidae adult (0.3); Lepidoptera (0.4); Coleoptera (0.5); Orthoptera (0.2)
5.90 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Deleatidium spp. Larval stages of: Deleatidium spp. (2.9); Coloburiscus humeralis (1.2); Hydrobiosis spp. (0.1); Hydropsychidae (0.2); Pycnocentrodes spp. (0.2)
0.60 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
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