Food habits of three non-native cichlid fishes in the lowermost Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand

Autor: Daiki Tomojiri, Prachya Musikasinthorn, Akihisa Iwata
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Freshwater Ecology, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 419-432 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0270-5060
2156-6941
02705060
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2019.1585392
Popis: The food habits of three non-native cichlid fishes, Mayan cichlid (Mayaheros urophthalmus), Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and Nile tilapia (O. niloticus), in the lowermost Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand, was examined by stomach contents analysis. The index of preponderance, an index of the importance of prey items, was calculated from two relative metrics of prey quantity: percent frequency and percent volume. The index of niche breadth and the overlap coefficient were calculated to compare the breadth of food habits among the size classes and species groups. The M. urophthalmus mainly preyed on fish scales, detritus and aquatic invertebrates (molluscs and crustaceans). The O. mossambicus and O. niloticus fed mostly on detritus. The diets of the latter two species overlapped almost completely; however, green filamentous algae mixed with detritus was observed in the diet of the O. niloticus only. The observation that fish scales were a predominant food source in the stomach of M. urophthalmus (high importance value 45.48%) was specific to this study area.
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