Abstract:The present study was carried out to study the preferred prey in the larval and post-larval stages of Heterobranchus lonsifilis. Two hundred and forty larvae and fry of H. longifilis aged 2 to 23 days were stored in aquariums of 8 liters, fasted for 24 hours at the end of which they were fed to satiety with freshly collected zooplankton from fishponds. The day after feeding, the fish were euthanized and stored for stomach contents examination. The results showed that the zooplanktonic population density of the… Show more
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