Diet of hyphessobrycon auca (pisces, characidae) in Iberá Wetland (northeastern, Argentina)

• Autores: Soneira, Paula Alejandra; Ruiz Diaz, Federico José; Casciotta, Jorge Rafael; Almirón, Adriana E.
• Año de publicación: 2011
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: FACENA, 2011, vol. 27, p. 3-8.
• Materia: Diet; Omnivory; Herbivory
• Institución: Universidad Nacional del Nordeste

Fil: Soneira, Paula Alejandra. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina.
Fil: Ruiz Diaz, Federico José. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina.
Fil: Casiotta, Jorge Rafael. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Museo de La Plata; Argentina.
Fil: Almirón, Adriana E. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Museo de La Plata; Argentina.
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.