TN00084 RAINBOW DARTER ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM
Trophic| References | |
| Carnivore | 816 |
| Lifestage | Food Item Consumed | Part of Food Item |
| Larva | Crustaceans | See Comments |
| General | Animals | Egg/Fetus stage |
| General | Animals | Larva stage |
| General | Animals | Adult stage |
| General | Molluscs | Adult stage |
| General | Snails | Adult stage |
| General | Crustaceans | Not Applicable |
| General | Malacostraca | Not Applicable |
| General | Insects | Larva stage |
| General | Trichoptera | Not Applicable |
| General | Diptera | Larva stage |
| General | Agnathans | Egg/Fetus stage |
| General | Petromyzontiformes | Egg/Fetus stage |
| General | Osteichthyes | Egg/Fetus stage |
| General | Cypriniformes | Egg/Fetus stage |
| General | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
| Larva | Crustaceans | See Comments |
| Adult | See Comments on Food Habits | See Comments |
Comments on General Food Habits
REPORTED TO HAVE A STRONG SELECTIVITY FOR CADDISFLY LARVAE; SHOW SEASONAL VARIATION IN FOOD CONSUMED *TN5018*; HAS BEEN OBSERVED EATING NOTURUS EXILIS EGGS *TN5186* This species will generally forage on zooplankton, aquatic insects, and snails *2209*. They are reported to have fed on the eggs of creek chub (Semotilus astromaculatus), brook lamprey (Lampetra appendix), and stone- roller (Campostoma anomalum) *2138*. In many areas the major food is midge larvae, and is supplemented by caddisfly, mayfly, other insect larvae and other invertebrates. In Ohio, caddisfly larvae was most important *4205*.
Comments on Adult Food Habits
Adults take primarily midge and chironomid larvae. Small crayfish are eaten by large adults *816*.
Comments on Larval Food Habits
SMALL CRUSTACEANS ARE THE FIRST FOOD OF THE YOUNG *TN5071*
| References/Lifestage | Reference Numbers |
| General | TN5018, TN5186, 816, 2138, 2209, 4205 |
| Adult | 816 |
| Larval | TN5071, |