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Feeding is dominated by juvenile shrimp, isopods, branchiopods, bivalves, invertebrate eggs, mosquito stages, and diatoms, with an ontogenetic shift toward larger prey as body length increases. 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Ioannina.45110 Greece.E-mail:ileonard@uoi.gr  \nSUMMARY:The Mediterranean toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus(Valenciennes.1821)is a small-sized omnivorous estuarinefish.Its diet is dominated by juveniles of shrimps(Palaemon adspersus).Isopods.Branchiopoda.Bivalvia,eggs of inver-tebrates,mosquitoes (adults and larvae)and diatoms.An ontogenetic diet shift with an increase in mean prey size with fishlength was observed.Smaller fish feed on planktonic prey(e.g.copepods,ostracods.nauplii of Artemia).while larger fishprefer larger and more benthic preys(e.g.ampipods,Bivalvia).The diet of A.fasciatus shows a high degree of seasonal vari-ation.with a reduction in the feeding activity during the periods of adverse environmental conditions(winter and autumn).Itis a well-adapted estuarine fish,its feeding mode and preferences depending on the preys that are available.Its feeding strat-egy is characterised by specialisation in different resource types(aquatic invertebrates and mosquitoes)and a high between-phenotype contribution(BPC)to niche width.with specialised individuals showing little or no overlap in resource use.  \nKeywords:Aphanius fasciatus,feeding strategy.intraspecific variation.feeding ecology.lagoon.  \nRESUMEN:EcoLOGÍA ALIMENTARIA DE APHANIUS FASCTATUS(VALENCIENNES.I82I)EN EL SISTEMA LAGUNAR DE MESSO-LONGI(GRECIA OCCIDENTAL).-El fartet sudeuropeo Aphaniusfasciatus (Valenciennes.1821)es un pez de pequeno tamano.omnívoro.que habita en zonas estuarinas.Su dieta esta constituida principalmente por juveniles del camarón Palaemonadspersus,isopodos.braquiopodos.bivalvos.huevos de invertebrados.mosquitos (huevosy larvas)y diatomeas.Se observóun cambio ontogénico enla dieta,incrementándose de latalla media de las presas con la longitud del pez,de manera que losejemplares de menor tamano se alimentan de presas planctónicas (ej.copepodos,ostrácodos.nauplii de Artemia).mientrasque los de mayor tamano prefieren presas más grandes y con mayor afinidad bentónica(ej.anfipodos.bivalvos).La dietade A.fasciatus muestra una marcada variación estacional.con una reducción en la alimentación durante los periodos deadversas condiciones ambientales (invierno y otono).Se trata de una especie estuarina bien adaptada,sus preferencias yforma de alimentación dependen de las presas disponibles.La estrategia de alimentación de A.fasciatus se caracteriza porla especialización en distintos tipos de recursos (invertebrados acuáticos,mosquitos)y una elevada BPC(between pheno-type component)respecto ala amplitud del nicho,con individuos especializados entre los que el solapamiento en el uso delrecurso es escaso o nulo.  \nPalabras clave:Aphanius fasciatus,estrategia alimentaria,variación intraespecífica,ecologia alimentaria.laguna.  \n## INTRODUCTION\n\nThe Mediterranean toothcarp,Aphanius fas-ciatus(Valenciennes,1821),is distributed in thecoastal zone of the central and eastern Mediterra-nean(Whitehead et al.,1986).It is a small fish(totallength usually less than 6 cm)(Leonardos and Sinis  \n1999)with external sexual dimorphism and a rela-tively short lifespan (less than 7 yrs).It is among themost eurythermal and euryhaline species in the Med-iterranean Sea,resisting water temperature ranges of4 to 40℃ and able to reproduce in a salinity range of10 to 80 psu (Leonardos,1996).It spawns in batchesfrom April to July,laying up to 500 eggs in each suc-  \ncessive spawning act,and reaches sexual maturitywithin a few months(at a total length of less than 2cm)(Leonardos and Sinis,1998).  \nAphanius fasciatus originally inhabited a widerange of lowland waters but its distribution is nowreduced to brackish and hypersaline waters in saltmarshes and coastal lagoons.From a conservationperspective,the populations of A.fasciatus have de-clined dramatically,in many cases even to extinc-tion,due","cbCaifmIKYq0t7MX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifmIKYq0t7MX","pdf",993181,9,"English","# INTRODUCTION\n# MATERIALS AND METHODS\n## Study 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