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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Hepsetus cuvieri
 
Main Ref. Winemiller, K.O. and L.C. Kelso-Winemiller, 1994
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.00 SL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Zambia Locality Upper Zambezi floodplain, May-December 1989
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Hepsetus cuvieri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Schilbe mystus 0.4% Schilbe mystus, 0.1% Hepsetus odoe, 0.1% Clarias spp., 0.1% Aplocheilichthys spp.
1.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Characidae Small Characidae
3.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Synodontis spp. Synodontis spp.
7.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cichlidae Cichlidae
7.60 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Fish Unid. Fish
8.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Barbus spp. Barbus spp.
11.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Tilapines Tilapines
29.30 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haplochromines Haplochromines
30.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Mormyridae Mormyridae
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