Food Items - Protopterus aethiopicus
Food items reported for Protopterus aethiopicus
n = 53
Food I Food II Food III Food name Territory Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish Haplochromis burtoni (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Haplochromis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tilapia esculenta (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tilapia sp. Congo (DR;Kin.) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clarias sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Barbus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synodontis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Protopterus aethiopicus aethiopicus (not available) juv./adults
plants other plants terrestrial plants unidentified Congo (DR;Kin.) juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Ceriagrion sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Canthydrus sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Eretes sticticus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Hydrocanthus sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Ictinogomphus ferox (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Spercheus cerisyi (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Brachythemis leucosticta (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Sympetrum navasi (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects Laccotrephes sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Corbicula africana cunningtoni (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Etheria elliptica (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Mutela bourguignati (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Sphaerium stuhlmanni regularis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Sphaerium stuhlmanni stuhlmanni (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Sphaerium victoriae victoriae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified Congo (DR;Kin.) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura cridlandi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura hauttecoeri emini (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura hauttecoeri grandidieri (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura hauttecoeri hauttecoeri (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura hauttecoeri ruellani (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Caelatura monceti (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Gabbia humerosa humerosa (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bulinus trigonus strigosus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Lymnaea sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Pila ovata (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Biomphalaria choanomphala (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Melanoides (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Melanoides tuberculata dautzenbergi (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya jucunda altior (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya jucunda jucunda (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya jucunda kisumiensis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor constricta (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor costulata (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor dagusiae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor elatior (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor trochlearis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor ugandae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods Bellamya unicolor unicolor (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids Alma sp. (not available) recruits/juv.

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