Food and Feeding Habits Summary Devario malabaricus
 
Main Ref. Weliange, W.S. and U.S. Amarasinghe, 2003
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 7.50 TL
Sample size 99 Percent empty
Country Sri Lanka Locality Victoria reservoir, July 1999
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Devario malabaricus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Moina Moina
18.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Daphnidae Daphnids
1.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
8.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insects
70.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects
2.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants leaves/blades macrophytes macrophytes
Back to Search
Back to Top
cfm script by eagbayani, 01.11.99 ,  php script by rolavides, 07/05/08 ,  last modified by dsantos, 09/02/14