2021
DOI: 10.22271/fish.2021.v9.i1e.2429
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Food and feeding habits of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1757) in a tropical soda lake, lake Shaalaa, Ethiopia

Abstract: The food and feeding habits of Oreochromis niloticus in Lake Shalla, Ethiopia was examined by stomach contents analysis. Analysis of stomach revealed that 226 (65.9%) fish contained different food items, while 117 (34.1%) had empty stomachs. Non-empty stomachs had a variety of food items with phytoplankton, zooplankton, insect, detritus, nematodes and fish scales. O. niloticus mainly feed on phytoplankton and had phytoplanktivorous feeding habit. Bacillariophyceae (Nitzschia, Anomoeoneis, Navicula and Melosira… Show more

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“…The fish samples were established by an aqua-culturist in the Institutions’ Fishery and Aquaculture Department (Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Nigeria). Clarias anguillaris is known to be a bottom feeder and depends greatly on detritus while Oreochromis niloticus is a surface dweller ( Adewumi et al, 2014 ; Wagaw et al, 2021 ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fish samples were established by an aqua-culturist in the Institutions’ Fishery and Aquaculture Department (Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo, Nigeria). Clarias anguillaris is known to be a bottom feeder and depends greatly on detritus while Oreochromis niloticus is a surface dweller ( Adewumi et al, 2014 ; Wagaw et al, 2021 ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%