Diet of <i>Hyphessobrycon auca</i> (Pisces, characidae) in Iberá Wetland (Northeastern, Argentina)

Authors

  • Paula A. Soneira Instituto de Ictiología del Nordeste (INICNE)- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, UNNE. Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Federico J. Ruiz Díaz Instituto de Ictiología del Nordeste (INICNE)- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, UNNE. Corrientes, Argentina.
  • Jorge R. Casciotta Museo de La Plata, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC), Argentina.
  • Adriana E. Almirón Museo de La Plata, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/fac.270923

Keywords:

diet, omnivory, herbivory.

Abstract

Hyphessobrycon auca Almirón, Casciotta, Bechara & Ruiz Díaz, 2004, inhabit small lakes located at the northwest of Iberá wetland in Argentina. This research describes sorne aspects of its feeding. Samples were collected from its type locality from 2007 to 2009. Analysis of 70 digestive tracts of individuals ranging from 24 to 56 mm standard length (SL) showed that higher plants, algae, and quironomids larvae dominated the diet in terms of relative volume and occurrence frequency. Therefore, this species was characterized as omnivorous, but there was a growing trend towards herbivory when size class incremed. Smaller size class (< 35 mm SL) fed on higher proportion of animal preys such as quironomids larvae and protozoans, in contrast to larger ones who consumed almost exclusively plants and algae.

Published

2011-11-16

How to Cite

Soneira, P. A., Ruiz Díaz, F. J., Casciotta, J. R., & Almirón, A. E. (2011). Diet of <i>Hyphessobrycon auca</i> (Pisces, characidae) in Iberá Wetland (Northeastern, Argentina). FACENA, 27, 3–8. https://doi.org/10.30972/fac.270923

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Artículos Científicos