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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hoplosternum littorale
 
Main Ref. Mol, J.H., 1995
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.70 SL
Sample size 52 Percent empty 6
Country Suriname Locality Weg Naar Zeeand Lelydorp
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hoplosternum littorale
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
6.03 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods n.a./others Copepoda 5.72% Copepoda
0.38 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
35.43 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults cladocera 33.59% cladocera
12.17 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
15.77 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Diptera 11.96% Diptera larvae, 2.88% Coleoptera larvae, 0.11% Odonata nymphs
3.90 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Nematoda 2.3% Nematoda, 1.42% Oligochaeta
6.79 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults chitinous remains 5.41% chitinous remains, 0.92% terrestrial Arthropoda, 0.06% Hydracarina
4.10 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Chlorophyta 0.5% filamentous algae, 1.98% Chlorophyta, 1.16% Bacillariophyceae, 0.23% Euglenophyta
13.20 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Rotifera 3.21% invertebrate cysts, 8.02% Rotifera, 1.29% Rhizopoda
2.22 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
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