| Food I | Food II | Food III | Food name | Country | Predator Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detritus | detritus | debris | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | filamentous algae | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Cladophora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Ruppia spp. | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | terrestrial plants | terrestrial plant debris | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Merismopedia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Anabaena | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Lyngbya | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Achnanthes | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Biddulphia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Amphora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | small centrales | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cocconeis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Coscinodiscus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Campylosira | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cymbella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Aptinoptychus splendens | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Diatoma | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Grammatophora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Licmophora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Tabellaria | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Diploneis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Melosira | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Navicula | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Nitzschia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | unidentified pennales | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Pinnularia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Pleurosigma | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cyclotella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Ceratium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Gymnodinium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Peridinium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Scenedesmus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Mougeotia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Spirogyra | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | benth. copepods | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | ostracods | unidentified ostracods | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | sponges/tunicates | sponges | unspecified sponges | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | unidentified foraminiferans | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. Invertebrates | Textularia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | flagellate protozoa | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. Invertebrates | unidentified nauplii | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | cyclopoid copepods | South Africa | juv./adults |