Feeding dietary of transcaucasian barb (Capoeta capoeta sieboldi Steindachner, 1864) inhabiting Hirfanlı dam lake

In this study, the digesting contents of totally 173 Transcaucasian Barb (Capoetacapoeta sieboldi Steindachner, 1864) samples collected from Hirfanlı Dam Lakebetween March 2004-August 2005 were investigated by using percent of totalnumber, percent of frequency of occurrence and the method of Geometric Indexof Importance. The result were illustrated by tables and figures. As a result, atotal of 42 food items (38 of mhich were plant and 8 animal) were observed inthe digesting system. Food items of plant composed species of 88.47%Bacillariophyta, 6.80% Chlorophyta, 2.87% Cyanophyta, 0.032% Euglenophytaand food items of animal composed species of 0.0149% Amphipoda, 0.0049%Fish Roe, 0.19% Copepoda, 0.00079% Cladocera, 0.03% Insecta, 0.054%Monogononta and 1.38% Nematoda.Key Words : Hirfanlı Dam Lake, Capoeta capoeta sieboldi, Feeding Dietary,Transcaucasian Barb