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Observations on the food habits of Clarias gariepinus Burchell, the South African freshwater barbel (Pisces: Clariidae) in Transvaal

✍ Scribed by A. A. v. J. Groenewald

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1964
Tongue: English
Weight: 216 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 1573-5141
DOI: 10.1007/bf00043737

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✦ Synopsis

Clarias gariepinus is a general carnivorous feeder whose food consists mainly of fishes, terrestrial invertebrates, aquatic insects and zooplankton . The proportion in which these food items are eaten vary considerably and instances of emergency and preferential feeding are discussed . The barbel is an indiscriminate feeder and the presence of large quantities of non-animal material, which are of little food value to a carnivorous species, must be regarded as incidental .