Food habit of Mussol Bleak, Alburnus mossulensis (Heckel, 1843) in the southern reaches of Euphrates River, Iraq | ||
| Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 46, Volume 29, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 587-593 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2016.127341 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. R. M. Mohamed; Layla A. Aufy; Basim M. Jasim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The food habit of the Mussol bleak, Alburnus mossulensis in the southern reaches of Euphrates river, Chybaish region was investigated during November 2013 to October 2014. Fish were collected using electrofishing. Water temperature varied from 10.5 ̊C in January to 33 ̊C in July. The feeding activity of the species ranged from 60.5% in March to 87.7% in October and the feeding intensity varied from 6.08 point/ fish in December to 8.7 point/ fish in July. The study shows that species is omnivorous, fed mainly on insects (41.2%), algae (28.74%), diatos (15.94%), aquatic plants (12.36%), fishs (3.74%), and snails (0.3%) according to the index of relative importance (IRI). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fish; Cyprinidae; Mussol bleak; Alburnus mossulensis; Euphrates river; food habit | ||
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