Food items reported for Chelon tricuspidens
n = 41
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds filamentous algae South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Filamentous algae South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Gelidium spp. South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Hypnea spicifera South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Mastogloia ciskeiensis South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Ruppia spp. South Africa juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds Enteromorpha spp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Achnantes brevipes South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Amphiprora sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cylindrotheca closterium South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Hantzschia virgata South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia longissima South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia pacifica South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sigma South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Biddulphia biddulphiana South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Amphora sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms small centrales South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Chaetoceros sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cocconeis placentula South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Diploneis sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Fragilaria linearis South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Synedra formosa South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Synedra fulgens South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Licmophora gracilis var. anglica South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Licmoprha sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Melosira dubia South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Naviculoid diatoms South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pleurosigma sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhabdonema minutum South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Grammatophora angulosa South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Grammatophora marina South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Striatella unipunctata South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Surirella sp. South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Dinophysis fortii South Africa juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Peridinium sp. South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods unidentified isopods South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates unidentified foraminiferans South Africa juv./adults
zoobenthos worms non-annelids unidentified nematodes South Africa juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified flagellates South Africa juv./adults
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