F0od and feeding habits of Hetropnezt.s!fes ]ossili/}:. (Bloch) have been investigated. Monthly samples (twice a m()nth} were taken during the period from March 2000 to February 20.Ql , using small -
meshed cast net. A total of l9J ftsh were used to examine the stomach
contents.
The analysis of stomach contents of H fo.s-silis in the- area of study revealed that fish were fed on the bottom, mid ·surface and surface food. The main fb.od of the fish were pbyt9planktons, moUuscs, ,chironomid larvae and pupae and higher plants which mean that the- species under investigatiofl prefer to be camivoro_us in the area of study. the study of variation in feeding intensity of H. fossilis , showed that the highest feeding intensity was observed during sununet months while the lowest was during autumn and such variation occurred due to the a:vailability of food in the J1abitat, the
changes in temperature·s and for perhaps · due to the feeding habits of this species.