Food and Feeding Habits Summary Dorosoma petenense
 
Main Ref. Davis, B.M. and J.W. Foltz, 1991
Fish stage adults Mean length 14.40 TL
Sample size 30 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Jocassee Reservoir, South Carolina (1983)
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Dorosoma petenense
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
22.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Leptodora kindtii Leptodora kindtii
44.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Bosmina longirostris Bosmina longirostris
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans n.a./others Mesocyclops Mesocyclops
21.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans n.a./others cladocerans mixture of cladocerans, copepods, insects, annelids & ostracods
12.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Rotifera Rotifera
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