Table 1. Natural food fluctuations in Asian seabass (% of total food intake) of different size classes
Type of food	Mean length (cm TL)
	58.1 (a)	43.9 (b)
Fish	17.7�74.5	83.5
Insects (nymphs)	2.7�12.3
Insects (adults)	1.9�10.2
Molluscs		0.8
Benthic crustaceans	4.1�55.5	15.7
Benthic algae/weeds	0�10.5
Terrestrial plants	4.4�26.8
Toads/frogs	0�3.6
Data source: (a) Tait (1981) in fishbase.org, (b) Salini et al. (1998) in fishbase.org