Research Article

Histomorphological Description of the Digestive System of Pebbly Fish, Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)

Table 2

Point assessment percentages of various categories of food items in the stomachs of Alestes baremoze collected from Lake Albert, Uganda, during the year 2016.

CategoryFood itemsPoint assessment percentages

InsectaRemains of winged insect90
Dragonflies80
Ephemeroptera (nymph)77
Adult grasshoppers74.5

MolluscaGastropoda47.5

CrustaceaOstracoda45.3
Daphnia 27
Shrimps27
Cyclops17
Moina 11

Other food itemsDetritus22.9
Phytoplankton (Microcystis and Chlorella)2.6
Eggs2.58
Fish scales2.5
Small stones2.1
Round worms0.5