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TABS Species Account TN00175 

TN00175    BROWN BULLHEAD    ICTALURUS NEBULOSUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

Food Habits

TrophicReferences
Omnivore835

LifestageFood Item ConsumedPart of Food Item
GeneralAnimalsNot Specified
GeneralBivalve MolluscsAdult stage
GeneralSnailsAdult stage
GeneralCrustaceansAdult stage
GeneralOstracodsAdult stage
GeneralMalacostracaAdult stage
GeneralInsectsAdult stage
GeneralColeopteraAdult stage
GeneralDipteraAdult stage
GeneralOsteichthyesAdult stage
GeneralNeuropteraLarva stage
GeneralEphemeropteraJuvenile stage
GeneralOligochaetesAdult stage
GeneralHirudineansAdult stage
GeneralMolluscsAdult stage
GeneralBlue-green AlgaeFruit/Seeds
GeneralOsteichthyesEgg/Fetus stage
GeneralOsteichthyesLarva stage
GeneralSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
GeneralInsectsLarva stage
GeneralInsectsJuvenile stage
GeneralAnimalsLarva stage
GeneralAnimalsAdult stage
GeneralAnimalsEgg/Fetus stage
GeneralAnimalsJuvenile stage
JuvenileAnimalsNot Specified
JuvenileInsectsNot Specified
JuvenileCrustaceansNot Specified
JuvenileDipteraLarva stage
JuvenileOstracodsLarva stage
JuvenileSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
JuvenileInsectsLarva stage
JuvenileAnimalsLarva stage
AdultAnimalsNot Specified
AdultBivalve MolluscsAdult stage
AdultSnailsAdult stage
AdultCrustaceansAdult stage
AdultOstracodsAdult stage
AdultMalacostracaAdult stage
AdultInsectsAdult stage
AdultColeopteraAdult stage
AdultDipteraAdult stage
AdultOsteichthyesAdult stage
AdultNeuropteraLarva stage
AdultEphemeropteraJuvenile stage
AdultSalmoniformesEgg/Fetus stage
AdultSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
AdultAnimalsAdult stage
AdultAnimalsEgg/Fetus stage
AdultAnimalsLarva stage
AdultInsectsLarva stage
AdultOsteichthyesEgg/Fetus stage
AdultAnimalsJuvenile stage
AdultInsectsJuvenile stage

Comments on General Food Habits

9999S=distillery waste abundant in diet *1196*. The young eat a variety of microcrustaceans; adults devour algae, a broad spectrum invertebrates, and fishes; filimentous algae and aquatic insects are a particularly important part of the diet of this species in North Carolina *4205*. ALSO EATS PLANTS AND A VARIETY OF FOODS, DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY *TN5186*

Comments on Adult Food Habits

9999S=reported to eat lake trout eggs on shallow spawning reefs; this habit greatly over-stated *835,1511,1512,1196,1509* In an Ottowa r. study, algae made up as much as 60% of diet *5664*. In Ontario study, 95% of total volume was Chironomid larvae *5282*

Comments on Juvenile Food Habits

9999S=mostly aquatic insects and small crustaceans *1511,1512,1516* Also traces of algae & plant remains *1516* Diet is 60% Crustacea & 25% Diptera *1516*

References/LifestageReference Numbers
General1196, 789, 842
Adult1196
Juvenile1511, 1512, 1516, 789


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