Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Hoplosternum littorale

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hoplosternum littorale

Main Ref.	Hahn, N.S., V.L. Almeida and K.D.G. Luz, 1997
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	SL
Sample size	37	Percent empty	57.29999923706055
Country	Brazil	Locality	Patos Lake (22°43'12"S, 53°17'37"W)
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
0.89 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	Algae
1.90 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	bivalves	n.a./others	Bivalvia
1.14 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	n.a./others	Scales
3.18 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	Plant (detritus)
8.64 %	detritus	detritus	debris	n.a./others	Organic detritus
3.56 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	gastropods	n.a./others	Gastropoda
0.25 %	others	insects	insects	adults	Orthoptera
1.27 %	others	insects	insects	adults	Coleoptera
2.92 %	others	insects	insects	adults	Hemiptera
0.51 %	others	insects	insects	larvae	Coleoptera
2.16 %	others	insects	insects	larvae	Odonata
2.92 %	others	insects	insects	larvae	Ephemeroptera
12.45 %	others	insects	insects	larvae	Chironomidae
4.07 %	others	insects	insects	n.a./others	Insecta
2.16 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	n.a./others	Conchostraca
4.70 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	n.a./other benth. crustaceans	n.a./others	Copepoda
2.80 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	n.a./others	Bryozoa
2.80 %	zoobenthos	other benth. invertebrates	n.a./other benth. invertebrates	n.a./others	Rotifera
9.53 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	n.a./other plank. crustaceans	n.a./others	Cladocera
3.18 %	others	other plank. invertebrates	n.a./other plank. invertebrates	n.a./others	Acarina
1.65 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	Sand
7.88 %	zoobenthos	worms	non-annelids	n.a./others	Nematoda
13.47 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	ostracods	n.a./others	Ostracoda
5.97 %	others	others	periphyton	n.a./others	Tecameba

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