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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lates niloticus
 
Main Ref. Adebisi, A.A., 1981
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 71.90 TL
Sample size 57 Percent empty 42.1
Country Nigeria Locality Upper Ogun River, Nov. 1973 to Dec. 1976
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lates niloticus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
98.00 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Chrysichthys auratus Petrocephalus bovei 1.0 Hippopotomyrus psittacus 7.0 Alestes macrolepidotus 10.0 A. nurse 7.0 A. longipinnis 3.0 Alestes sp. 2.0 Nannocharax fasciatus 2.0 Barbus sp. 2.0 B. chlorotaenia 14.0 B. callipterus 2.0 Chrysichthys auratus15.0 Schilbe mystus 6.0 Synodontis schall 7.0 Tilapia zillii 1.0 unid. Fish 18
2.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Macrobrachium Macrobrachium 2.0
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