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Table 1
Gut content analysis reports of Pterygoplichthys pardalis, Labeo rohita and Ompok bimaculatus.
| Species | Authors | Location | Gut content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pterygoplichthys pardalis | Samat et al. (2016) | Sungai Langat, Malaysia | P. pardalis feeds primarily on small size particles (<500 µm), mostly algae (84%) especially Bacillariophyta and Euglenophyta followed by pant-based fragments, and animal-based fragments including insects and fish larvae. |
| Elfidasari et al. (2020) | Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia | Classified P. pardalis as herbivorous fish in the ecosystem of the Ciliwung River, with diet composition consisting of Bacillariophyta (78–86%), Chlorophyta (6–12%), Cyanophyta, Euglenophyta, Dinoflagellata, Amoebozoa, and detritus. | |
| Qasim and Jawad (2022) | Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq | Fourty-one food items were recognized in the stomach contents, which were broadly categorized as algae (14.11%; includes Bacillariophyta, Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta and Rhodophyta), crustacean (14.12%; includes Anomopoda, Copepoda and Decapoda), insect larvae and pupae (15.53%; includes Diptera, Hemiptera, Ephemeroptera, Coleoptera and Odonata), meiofauna (4.24%), fish (7.06%), fish eggs and larvae (14.12%) and organic detritus and sediment (28%). | |
| Labeo rohita | Bakhtiyar et al. (2017) | Gho-Manhasa fish farm, Jammu. India | Food items recorded in gut content analysis consisted of plant (algae and macrophytes) and animal matter (cladocerans, copepods, rotifers, protozoa, molluscs, annelids and insects) along with unidentified matter, sand/mud, and detritus. |
| Kaur et al. (2018) | Harike wetland, Punjab, India | Gut content of L. rohita comprised of detritus (46%), phytoplankton (36.40%; includes members of Chlorophyceae such as Chlorella sp., Zygnema sp. etc. and Bacillariophyceae such as Diatoma sp., Tabellaria sp. etc.), zooplankton (5.75%; includes rotifera, cladocera and copepoda), insects, crustacean appendages, molluscan eggs and unidentified matter (some parts of leaves and roots). | |
| Ompok bimaculatus | Hanjavanit and Sangpradub (2009) | Nong Han Kumphawapi Lake, Thailand | Gut content of Ompok bimaculatus includes zooplankton, aquatic insects, ostracods, fish, shrimps, algae and plant materials. |
| Arthi et al. (2011) | River Amaravathy, Tamil Nadu, India | Gut content of O. bimaculatus comprised mainly of fish (30.04%), vegetable matter (22.69%), crustaceans larvae and adults (20.12%), insects (7.7%) and molluscs (5.58%). The other food items recorded includes zooplankton, tadpoles, annelid worms and organic detritus. |
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