Journal
NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 693-700Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA ICTIOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000400019
Keywords
Feeding ecology; Phenology; Characidae; Fat reserves; Breeding; Creagrutus guanes
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- Laboratorio de Biologia Reproductiva de Vertebrados
- Universidad Industrial de Santander
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Seasonal breeding of tropical freshwater fish may be synchronized with periods of high food consumption. We explored this hypothesis by studying the relationship between diet and reproductive activity of Creagrutus guanes (Teleostei, Characidae). Our results showed that C. guanes had a generalist and omnivorous diet dominated by aquatic insects (mainly Diptera larvae) and seeds. Creagrutus guanes did not show intersexual or ontogenetic variation in diet. Peaks of feeding activity during rainy months were not synchronized with breeding in dry months. Our results do not support the hypothesis that the reproductive season has to be synchronized with high food consumption. We discussed the hypothesis fat reserves may be an important factor for the desynchronization of peaks of feeding and reproduction as explanation of seasonal breeding of this species.
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