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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Devario malabaricus
 
Main Ref. Weliange, W.S. and U.S. Amarasinghe, 2007
Fish stage adults Mean length 6.10 TL
Sample size 88 Percent empty
Country Sri Lanka Locality Minneriya reservoir, August 1998-August 2000
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
3.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. fish fish scales, fish eggs, small juvenile fish, fish skeletons
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Bosminopsis Bosminopsis, Moina, Daphnia, Diaphanasoma, Ceriodaphnia
8.00 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus soft sediments, particulate matter
73.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults insects flying insects, other terrestrial insects, aquatic insects
12.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Ephemeroptera larval stages of Chironomidae, Ephemeroptera and Odonata
1.00 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others phytoplankton diatoms, blue greens, green algae, uncommon algae, filamentous algae
1.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults Macrothrix Chydorids, Macrothrix, and Cypridopsis
1.00 % plants other plants terrestrial plants leaves/blades plants terrestrial and aquatic plants
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