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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sarotherodon galilaeus
 
Main Ref. Whitehead, V., 1969
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 2.30 TL
Sample size 12 Percent empty 0
Country Ghana Locality Lake Volta, 1969
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sarotherodon galilaeus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
69.80 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others debris
3.10 % plants phytoplankton diatoms n.a./others Melosira 3% non-planktonic diatoms, 0.1% Melosira
25.10 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others Closterium 0.3% Peridinium,1.1% Volvocaceae, 3.7% filamentous green algae0.7% Closterium, 0.1% Cosmarium, 0.4% Scenedesmus
2.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Rotaria Rotaria
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