Food and Feeding Habits of Catfish ( Synodontis nigrita  Cuvier And Valenciennes) In  River Rima, Sokoto, Nigeria

Shinkafi, B.A; Argungu, L.A; Akanbi, H.S

dc.contributor.author	Shinkafi, B.A
dc.contributor.author	Argungu, L.A
dc.contributor.author	Akanbi, H.S
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-30T12:38:47Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-30T12:38:47Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://ajol.info/index.php/njbas/index
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/189
dc.description.abstract	The food and feeding habits of Synodontis nigrita (Cuvier and Valenciennes) from River Rima were studied. One hundred and three samp les were collected from September to October 2006. The stomachs were analyzed using frequency of occurrence method. The mean total length of the samples was 13.04±2.55SD, mean total weight 30. 42±21.84SD and mean gut length 39.57±8.92SD. The fish is an omnivore, feeding main ly on phytoplankton, zooplankton, detritus, plant tissues, insects, crustaceans and insect part s. The presence of detritus in almost all the stoma chs indicated bottom feeding. The fish gut length was 3 times the body length.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nigerian Journal of Basic And Applied Sciences	en_US
dc.subject	Department of Forestry and Fisheries	en_US
dc.title	Food and Feeding Habits of Catfish ( Synodontis nigrita Cuvier And Valenciennes) In River Rima, Sokoto, Nigeria	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US