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Revista de Biología Tropical

On-line version ISSN 0034-7744Print version ISSN 0034-7744

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TRUJILLO-JIMENEZ, Patricia  and  TOLEDO BETO, Héctor. Alimentación de los peces dulceacuícolas tropicales Heterandria bimaculata y Poecilia sphenops (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae). Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2007, vol.55, n.2, pp.603-615. ISSN 0034-7744.

Diet of the tropical freshwater fish Heterandria bimaculata (Haeckel) and Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae). We analyzed the diet and feeding habits of the fishes Heterandria bimaculata and Poecilia sphenops. Specimens were captured monthly in "Los Carros" damp, Morelos, Mexico (18°37´ N, 98°43´ W). We quantified gut content by the numerical method and by the frequency of occurrence method; and used the MacArthur and Levin´s indices for niche overlap. The diet of H. bimaculata was composed by 16 prey categories, mainly dipterans (Culicidae predominated), independently of sex, size and season. The index of niche overlap was high, from 0.74 to 0.99. The diet of P. sphenops consisted of 11 items, detritus being the most consumed, also independently of sex, size and season. The niche overlap index was high (0.99), indicating overlapping for all analyses. There was little diet overlap (0.26) between the two species. Rev. Biol. Trop. 55 (2): 603-615. Epub 2007 June, 29.

Keywords : diet; food habits; Heterandria bimaculata; Poecilia sphenops; Los Carros; Morelos; Mexico.

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