Abstract

GARCIA RAMI, CAMILO BERNARDO  and  POSADA, CAMILA. FIRST APPROACH TO THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY AND DIET OF THE RAINBOW RUNNER, Elagatis bipinnulata (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1825) (PISCES: CARANGIDAE), IN THE CENTRAL COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2014, vol.19, n.2, pp.309-314. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v19n2.41294.

The rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) scores high in trophic level (4.24) but it is not a voracious fish (Q/B = 10.8). Its diet is dominated by the dwarf herring (Jenkinsia lamprotaenia), eats more in the dry season, than in the rainy season and significantly more in the afternoon that in the morning suggesting preference for daylight feeding.

Keywords : Colombian Central Caribbean; diet, rainbow runner; trophic ecology.

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