Mudanças ontogênicas no trato digestório e dieta de Apareiodon affinis (Steindachner, 1879) (Osteichthyes, Parodontidae)

Abstract

Feeding aspects of Apareiodon affinis larvae and juveniles are described in this work. Samples collected by plankton net were taken from February, 1991 to February, 1992 in Ressaco do Leopoldo, Paraná River. The mouth is small and terminal in preflexion and flexion larvae and inferior at the end of this development period and in juveniles. The digestive tract is simple and straight in preflexion larvae, but different in those in postflexion. The diet was basically algae, characterizing this species as algivorous during all its development. The analysis of the digestibility did not show the preferential time of feeding of the different development stages. This was probably because of the sampling type utilized and because of the food consumed by the individuals.