Feeding Ecology and Establishment of the Naturally-Colonized Freshwater Cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Pisces: Actinopterigii: Perciformes) from a Man-Made Lake, South-Benin, West Africa

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AuteurGBAGUIDI, HOUEHANOU MAG
AuteurADITE, ALPHONSE
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2016
ResumeThe freshwater cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linné, 1758) is an economically and commercially important fisheries species that has naturally colonized and dominated a sand-dragged man-made freshwater lake of Ahozon (South-Benin) where the species made about 85.21% of the fish community. We investigated the feeding ecology of S. galilaeus in order to evaluate resource exploitation and the establishment of this species in Lake Ahozon. During wet, flood and dry seasons, 1189 individuals of S. galilaeus have been monthly sampled in the open water and in the aquatic vegetation habitats. The study showed that S. galilaeus consumed about seventy (70) food items dominated by algae (52.88%) composed of 28 families and 52 genera from blue-green a
DOI10.4236/nr.2016.76030
Autre identifiantBECDB-5895
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/5428
Languefr
Fait partie deNatural Resources
SujetAlgae
SujetArtificial lake
SujetDiet Breadth
SujetDiet Similarities
Sujetecomorphology
SujetEstablishment
SujetFisheries
SujetForaging Grounds
SujetTilapine Species
TitreFeeding Ecology and Establishment of the Naturally-Colonized Freshwater Cichlid, Sarotherodon galilaeus (Pisces: Actinopterigii: Perciformes) from a Man-Made Lake, South-Benin, West Africa
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