Food items reported for Lates niloticus
n = 30
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish Alestes spp. Sudan juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micralestes (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Bagrus docmak Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lates niloticus Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Oreochromis niloticus niloticus Kenya recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Thoracochromis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified cichlids Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clarias gariepinus Kenya recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Xenoclarias Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Barbus spp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Labeo victorianus Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Rastrineobola argentea Kenya recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified haplochromine fishes Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synodontis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified mormyrids Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus Kenya juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified tilapine fishes Kenya juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified Kenya recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Potamon niloticus Kenya juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Caridina nilotica (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Macrobrachium Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified anisopterans Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Kenya recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified coleopterans Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified ephemeropterans Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified hemipterans Sudan recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Povilla adusta Kenya recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified gastropods Kenya juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans unidentified Kenya recruits/juv.
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