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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 1.00 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
0.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Cichlidae Cichlidae
0.58 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Hepsetus odoe 0.1% Mormyridae, 0.1% Hepsetus odoe, 0.1% small Characidae, 0.1% Clarias spp., Schilbe mystus, 0.1% Haplochroines, 0.1% unid. Fish
1.56 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Barbus spp. Barbus spp.
3.62 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Tilapines Tilapines
6.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Aplocheilichthys spp. Aplocheilichthys spp.
68.59 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Synodontis spp. Synodontis spp.
19.08 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
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