Tab. 2. Alimentary Index (AI i %) of the main plant species consumed by Lithodoras dorsalis in each length class at the Amazon River mouth, Brazil, from July 2010 to June 2011.
Length classes (cm) Alimentary Index (AI %)
Euterpe oleracea Montrichardia linifera Mauritia flexuosa
<13.6 (n= 123) 1.387 6.146 92.467
13.6 - 19.1 (n= 153) 90.087 2.838 7.075
19.2 - 24.7 (n= 69) 91.960 6.127 1.913
> 24.7 (n= 22) 32.970 66.173 0.857