Seasonal patterns of feeding of juvenile major carp, Labeo rohita (Ham.) in a Bangladesh pond

Abstract

The results of the studies on the seasonal patterns of feeding of 203 Lube0 rohira (Ham.) taken by cast and seine net for one year from a Bangladesh pond are presented. Studies were based on the frequency of occurrence and the points method. A change in the volume of food with change of seasons was noted. The amounts of food eaten were greater for the warmer than for other months and very low during winter indicating an upturn in late spring with a higher level continuing during the summer.Organic detritus formed the bulk of the gut contents throughout the study period. On a seasonal basis, phytoplankton and aquatic macrophytes were the group of organisms frequently ingested but the former was more important. Animal food was scarce but appreciable quantities of sand and mud were found.

Food habits of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.,1758) in Main Outfall Drain ,Al-Nassiriya, Iraq.

“…These results correlated the finding of the cyprinids can feed a wide large of food. Proportions of food types in the diet content were similar to those recorded for the species in other regions or studies, which consumed large amount of plant material, algae, organic detritus [21,22,23,5,24,25,26,27,28,29].…”