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| Title: | Preliminary study on the food and feeding habits of Schilbe mystus (Linn., 1762) in River Nyando |
| Authors: | Omondi, R.
Ogari, J. |
| ASFA Terms: | Feeding behaviour
Food organisms
Nutrition
Predation
Size distribution |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| Publisher: | ICIPE SCIENCE |
| Citation: | Okemwa, E.; Wakwabi, E.O.; Getabu, A. (Ed.) Proceedings of the Second EEC Regional Seminar on Recent Trends of Research on Lake Victoria Fisheries, NAIROBI : ICIPE SCIENCE, p. 115-119 |
| Abstract: | Schilbe mystus (butterfish) is one of the "endangered species" of Lake
Victoria, whose fishery was once of commercial importance. The annual
landings have declined from about 400 mt in 1968 to a bare 15 mt in
1991. The average size of the species is smaller than that reported by
Greenwood (1966). During the study, the size range sampled was 11.2 to
25.6 cm fork length with the majority measuring 14.0-15.0 cm FL. The
food and feeding habits of the fish are discussed. Study on the gut
content shows that S. mystus preys mainly on insects with chironomid
larvae as the dominant prey. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1271 |
| ISBN: | 9290640789 |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers
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