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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Megalops cyprinoides
 
Main Ref. Coates, D., 1987
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size 21 Percent empty 33
Country Papua New Guinea Locality Sepik River, 1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Megalops cyprinoides
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
17.00 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds roots Salvinia Salvinia
12.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
2.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Diptera Diptera, Hemiptera
17.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae insects terrestrial insects
42.00 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Odonata Odonata, Isoptera
10.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Caridina spp. Caridina spp.
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