Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gambusia holbrooki
 
Main Ref. GarcĂ­a-Berthou, E., 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 2.00 TL
Sample size 254 Percent empty
Country Spain Locality Lake Banyoles, Catalonia, June 1990 to Feb 1991
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gambusia holbrooki
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
35.11 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Ceriodaphnia reticulata Ceriodaphnia reticulata, Scapholeberis rammneri, Daphnia longispina, Pleuroxus laevis, Alonella exigua, Chydorus sphaericus, other cladocerans
0.95 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Chironomidae Chironomidae larvae
49.82 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Collembola Collembola, Nematocera adults, other Diptera, other insects
0.30 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
0.34 % plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton n.a./others phytoplankton
4.11 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
8.84 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
0.51 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others debris plant debris
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