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TABS Species Account TN00360 

TN00360    CREEK CHUB    SEMOTILUS A TROMACULATUS

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
Omnivore1114

LifestageFood Item ConsumedPart of Food Item
GeneralChlorophytaFruit/Seeds
GeneralPlantsNot Specified
GeneralMalacostracaNot Specified
GeneralAnnelidsNot Specified
GeneralMolluscsNot Specified
GeneralCypriniformesNot Specified
GeneralGasterosteiformesNot Specified
GeneralPerciformesNot Specified
GeneralOsteichthyesFruit/Seeds
GeneralSalientiaNot Specified
GeneralAmphibiaNot Specified
GeneralEphemeropteraAdult stage
GeneralEphemeropteraLarva stage
GeneralPlecoptraLarva stage
GeneralTrichopteraLarva stage
GeneralDipteraLarva stage
GeneralColeopteraAdult stage
GeneralOdonataNot Specified
GeneralEphemeropteraNot Specified
GeneralTrichopteraNot Specified
GeneralDipteraNot Specified
GeneralInsectsNot Specified
GeneralHymenopteraNot Specified
GeneralHemipteraNot Specified
GeneralLepidopteraNot Specified
GeneralDipteraPupa stage
GeneralInsectsNot Specified
GeneralSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
GeneralOsteichthyesNot Specified
GeneralInsectsLarva stage
GeneralInsectsPupa stage
GeneralInsectsAdult stage
GeneralAnimalsNot Specified
GeneralAnimalsLarva stage
GeneralAnimalsPupa stage
GeneralAnimalsAdult stage
ImportantSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
LarvaSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
JuvenileSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
JuvenileDipteraLarva stage
JuvenileDipteraAdult stage
JuvenileColeopteraNot Specified
JuvenileHymenopteraAdult stage
JuvenileHymenopteraNot Specified
JuvenileTrichopteraLarva stage
JuvenileEphemeropteraNot Specified
JuvenileArachnidsNot Specified
JuvenileHemipteraNot Specified
JuvenileOdonataLarva stage
JuvenileMolluscsNot Specified
JuvenileOsteichthyesNot Specified
JuvenileDetritus - OrganicNot Applicable
JuvenileBacillariophyceaeNot Applicable
JuvenileInsectsNot Specified
AdultSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
AdultChlorophytaNot Specified
AdultPlantsNot Specified
AdultMalacostracaNot Specified
AdultAnnelidsNot Specified
AdultMolluscsNot Specified
AdultCypriniformesNot Specified
AdultGasterosteiformesNot Specified
AdultPerciformesNot Specified
AdultOsteichthyesFruit/Seeds
AdultSalientiaNot Specified
AdultAmphibiaNot Specified
AdultEphemeropteraAdult stage
AdultEphemeropteraLarva stage
AdultEphemeropteraNot Specified
AdultPlecoptraLarva stage
AdultTrichopteraNot Specified
AdultTrichopteraLarva stage
AdultDipteraLarva stage
AdultDipteraPupa stage
AdultDipteraNot Specified
AdultColeopteraAdult stage
AdultColeopteraNot Specified
AdultOdonataNot Specified
AdultInsectsNot Specified
AdultHymenopteraNot Specified
AdultLepidopteraNot Specified
AdultDipteraPupa stage
AdultSee Comments on Food HabitsSee Comments
AdultOsteichthyesNot Specified
AdultInsectsLarva stage
AdultInsectsPupa stage
AdultInsectsAdult stage
AdultAnimalsNot Specified
AdultAnimalsLarva stage
AdultAnimalsPupa stage
AdultAnimalsAdult stage
AdultDipteraAdult stage
AdultHymenopteraAdult stage
AdultArachnidsNot Specified
AdultHemipteraNot Specified
AdultOdonataLarva stage
AdultDetritus - OrganicNot Applicable
AdultBacillariophyceaeNot Applicable
AdultLepidopteraLarva stage
AdultHirudineansNot Specified
AdultOsteichthyesEgg/Fetus stage
AdultPlantsFruit/Seeds
AdultCornaceaeFruit/Seeds
AdultRosaceaeFruit/Seeds
AdultCaprifoliaceaeFruit/Seeds
GeneralMalacostraca
AdultSalicaceaeFruit/Seeds

Comments on General Food Habits

This species is generally omnivorous but in different environments may be primarily piscivorous, insectivorous, or omnivorous *3034,3029,3047*. In Iowa, insects are high in summer 74%-volume, in the fall, fish 70%, and in the spring Ephemeroptera nymphs-54%. *1120*. TN00360THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLANT MATERIAL COMMONLY FOUND INSTOMACH CONTENTSARE PROBABLY INGESTED INCIDENTALLY DURING FEEDING *TN5071*/SCHOOLS OF YOUNG-OF-YEAR FEED ACTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON DRIFT ANDBENTHIC ORGANISMS/ AGE I AND SMALLER AGE II FISH FEED EXTENSIVELY INVEGETATEDAREAS OF STREAMS/ SCHOOLS OF LARGER FISH FORAGE ON THE BOTTOMAND IN VEGETATION FOR 1-2 HOURS/DAY, THEN RETURN TO A POOL OR DEEP RUNAND APPARENTLY WAIT FOR DRIFT ITEMS/ CLASSIFIED AS A SIGHT FEEDER*TN5176*

Comments on Adult Food Habits

This is a sight feeder on a wide variety of foods, and a generalized omnivore, but depending on environment it may be primarily piscivorous, insectivorous, or omnivorous *1127,1114,3053,1117,3054,1120,3034,3029, 3047*. In Minnesota, fishes were the primary food source of chubs 81 mm *3047*. They are primarily carnivorous in Missouri and Kansas *1187,2980*.

Comments on Juvenile Food Habits

Juveniles consume algae and zooplankton *1127,1114,3053,1117,3054,1120*, and terrestrial and aquatic insects, amphipods, molluscs, and fish dominate in chub greater than 8 cm *3055*. In Minnesota, fishes were the primary food source of chubs *3047*. In Iowa, the smallest chub that was found eating fish was 46 mm long, and the next smallest was 72 mm *3049*.

Comments on Larval Food Habits

The larval stage includes feeding from the yolk-sac, which ends at 6-6.2 mm TL *2278*.

References/LifestageReference Numbers
General3049, 3048, 1120, 3034, 1620, 3029, 3047, 4205
Adult842, 5282, 1127, 1114, 3053, 1117, 3054, 1120, 3034, 3029, 3047, 3049, 3048, 1620, 1187, 2980, 4205
Juvenile842, 6252, 3047, 3049, 5993, 1114, 1120, 3053, 1117, 3054, 3055, 1127
Larval2278
Important3029, 3034, 3047


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