Food items reported for Oreochromis mossambicus
n = 162
| Food I | Food II | Food III | Food name | देश | Predator Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detritus | detritus | debris | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | Oreochromis mossambicus | South Africa | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | Unidentified cyprinodonts | Mexico | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | Gambusia | USA | juv./adults |
| nekton | finfish | bony fish | unidentified fish | South Africa | juv./adults |
| others | others | n.a./others | unidentified Vorticellidae | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| others | others | n.a./others | Unidentified Protozoa | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Chaetomorpha | Indonesia | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Cladophora sp. | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Rhizoclonium | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Ruppia sp. | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Lagarosiphon major | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Enteromorpha | Indonesia | juv./adults |
| plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | Aquatic macrophytes | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Chroococcus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Dactylococcopsis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Gloeocapsa | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Hapalosiphon | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Aphanocapsa | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Coelosphaerium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Merismopedia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Gloeocapsa | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Microcystis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Microcystis aeruginosa | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Anabaena | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Nostoc | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Raphidiopsis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | unidentified Nostocaceae | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Lyngbya | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Oscillatoria | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Plectonema | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Phormidium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Trichodesmium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Spirulina | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Gloeotrichia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Rivularia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | Stigonema | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | blue-green algae | filamentous algae | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Achnanthes | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Amphipleura | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Frustulia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Nitzschia filiformis | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Biddulphia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Hydrosera | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Terpsinoe | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | unidentified centrales | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cocconeis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cymbella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Diploneis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Eunotia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Diatoma | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Fragilaria | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Synedra tabulata | South Africa | adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Tabularia fasciculata | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Gomphonema | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Mastogloia elliptica | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Mastogloia smithii | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Melosira | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Melosira granulata | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Navicula | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Neidium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Nitzschia | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | unidentified pennales | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Pinnularia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Gyrosigma | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Pleurosigma delicatulum | South Africa | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Stauroneis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Stauroneis karstenii | South Africa | recruits/juv. |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Cyclotella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Surirella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Tabellaria | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | diatoms | Unidentified | South Africa | लार्वा |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Ceratium | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Glenodinium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Gymnodinium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | dinoflagellates | Peridinium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Chaetophora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Stigeoclonium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Chara | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Protococcus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Ankistrodesmus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Chlorella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Tetraedron | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Docidium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Arthrodesmus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Closterium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Cosmarium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Desmidium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Euastrum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Pleurotaenium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Staurastrum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Dictyosphaerium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Pediastrum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Netrium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Microspora | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Bulbochaete | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Oedogonium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Kirchneriella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Nephrocytium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Oocystis | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Selenastrum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Ophiocytium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Gonatozygon | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Penium | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Coelastrum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Crucigenia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Scenedesmus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Ulothrix | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Eudorina | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Spirogyra | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | green algae | Zygnema | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | Australia | adults |
| plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | Tribonema | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | amphipods | Unidentified | South Africa | recruits/juv. |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | amphipods | Unidentified | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | ostracods | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | ostracods | Unidentified | Indonesia | लार्वा |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | ostracods | Unidentified | South Africa | recruits/juv. |
| zoobenthos | benth. crust. | shrimps/prawns | Caridina nilotica | South Africa | adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Chaoborus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Chironomid larvae | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Culicoides sp. | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Coleoptera | South Africa | adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Trichocera spp. | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | aquatic Hemiptera | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | Hymenoptera | South Africa | adults |
| zoobenthos | insects | insects | unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | mollusks | bivalves | Musculus virgiliae | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | mollusks | gastropods | Assiminea bifasciata | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | other benth. invertebrates | n.a./other benth. Invertebrates | unidentified | South Africa | recruits/juv. |
| zoobenthos | sponges/tunicates | sponges | unspecified sponges (spicules) | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zoobenthos | worms | non-annelids | Unidentified Nematoda | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | fish (early stages) | fish eggs/larvae | unidentified fish eggs | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | Arcella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | Difflugia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | Phacus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | Unidentified Rotifera | Hong Kong | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. invertebrates | Unidentified Rotifers | Indonesia | लार्वा |
| zooplankton | other plank. invertebrates | n.a./other plank. Invertebrates | unidentified | South Africa | recruits/juv. |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Bosminopsis dietersi | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Ceriodaphnia cornuta | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Daphnia sp. | South Africa | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Moina micrura | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | cladocerans | Diaphanosoma excisum | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Filinia | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Anuraeopsis spp. | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Asplanchna spp. | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Brachionus calyciflorus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Brachionus caudatus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Brachionus falcatus | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Brachionus forficula | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Keratella tropica | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Lepedella | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | n.a./other plank. crustaceans | Polyarthra | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | unidentified Calanoida | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | unidentified nauplii | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | unidentified Cyclopoida | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | Unidentified Cyclopoida | Indonesia | लार्वा |
| zooplankton | plank. crust. | plank. copepods | Unidentified | Sri Lanka | juv./adults |