Food and Feeding Habits Summary Eleotris amblyopsis
 
Main Ref. Winemiller, K.O. and B.J. Ponwith, 1998
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 5.20 SL
Sample size 625 Percent empty
Country Brazil Locality Tortuguero, 1985
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Eleotris amblyopsis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.24 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Characidae Characids
6.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults cichlids 1.71% cichlids, 4.49% unid. fish
11.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Poeciliids Poeciliids
30.49 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Eleotrids 30.49% Eleotrids
0.99 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus 0.97% detritus, 0.01% vegetation, <0.01% algae
6.83 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Odonata 0.7% aq. Coleoptera, 1.67% aq. Diptera, 0.35% aq. Ephemeroptera, 0.4% aq. Hemiptera, 0.98% aq. Odonata, 2.46% aq. insects, 0.27% terrestial arthropods
0.35 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
37.33 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults crustaceans 36.74% Decapod crustaceans, 0.59% microcrustacea
1.46 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Protozoa 0.05% Protozoa/rotifers
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