FOOD AND FEEDING BEHAVIOUR OF MOZAMBIQUE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS PETERS) FROM BORNA RESERVOIR OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Food and feeding behaviour of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus Peters) from Borna Reservoir of Maharashtra, India

The food analysis SPRAY ARM of 80 specimens of Oreochromis mossambicus collected from Borna Reservoir of Maharashtra, India revealed that the food of juveniles mainly consisted of rotifers (35%), followed by copepods (30%), Chlorophyceae (20%), Bacillariophyceae (10%) and aquatic insects (5%).While the food items recorded in the gut of adults were

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