Food items reported for Hydrocynus forskahlii
n = 33
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris debris Guinea recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Alestes Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Brycinus longipinnis Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hydrocynus Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micralestes Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chrysichthys auratus auratus Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lates Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish small characids Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Haplochromis spp. Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hemichromis Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Thoracochromis Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tilapia spp. Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified cichlids Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clarias spp. Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Barbus Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Barbus chlorotaenia Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Barbus spp. Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chelaethiops Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Labeo Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hepsetus odoe Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synodontis Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish mormyrids Zambia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Schilbe mystus Zambia juv./adults
others other terrest. invertebrates n.a./terrest. Insects terrestrial invertebrates Guinea recruits/juv.
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
plants other plants terrestrial plants macrophyte Guinea recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Caridina Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Macrobrachium Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates aquatic invertebrates Guinea recruits/juv.
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